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A Bag of Hammers

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A pair of aimless scam artists (Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig) in Los Angeles learn about responsibility when a neighbor's abandoned boy (Chandler Canterbury) enters their lives.
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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times 05/17/2012
1.5/5
It's too little, too late for Crano's Wes Anderson-inflected innocence-disrupted project... Go to Full Review
Lou Lumenick New York Post 05/11/2012
2/4
Brian Crano's very slight debut of a comedy. Go to Full Review
Andy Webster New York Times 05/10/2012
1.5/5
Mr. Canterbury's character is a Hollywood child archetype: wan and withdrawn, all monosyllables and needy stares. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/02/2020
3.5/4.0
The film's real gift, despite her supporting role, is the presence of longtime Crano friend Rebecca Hall. Go to Full Review
Ed Travis Hollywood Jesus 04/02/2020
The film is ultimately very life affirming and hopeful. Go to Full Review
Neely Swanson Easy Reader (California) 09/18/2017
Rarely overly sentimental and definitely humorous, this is a skewed journey into adulthood that is worth taking. Go to Full Review
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04/03/2019 Surprised by the steady build up of two young men who discover their own deep wells of humanity and compassion to a child in desperate need. Excellent! See more 02/17/2017 Filled with witty one-liners and heart felt moments between best friends, A Bag of Hammers clumsily illustrates the reality of a life of in-opportunity. The characters succeed in confusing our sympathies and creating deep rooted emotion. Must watch! See more 06/13/2015 This was a sweet story with a quirky and fun cast. See more 05/26/2015 It tries so very hard to please that it ends up tripping itself up from beginning to end. See more 05/14/2015 Bag of Hammers had a lot of heart and was a touching tale of 2 guys taking in an orphan neighbor boy as their own. The film started out a straight comedy, with the main characters being con-men and seeing the crazy things they do to earn money. Shortly after the comedy faded away and their relationship with the a neglected boy took off. It was interesting at times, a little unrealistic at others and I was sad the laughs went away because the leads were so goofy and funny. The film tried really hard to be super emotional and it hit on some parts but failed with others. Toward the end they tried to speed up the plot and jump into the future but it lacked any depth and was a weak way to end the film. I did enjoy most of this one, but it would have been better if the comedy parts were more spread out and not just at the beginning. See more 01/29/2015 Worst collapse of a film ever. Some funny scenes though. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A pair of aimless scam artists (Jason Ritter, Jake Sandvig) in Los Angeles learn about responsibility when a neighbor's abandoned boy (Chandler Canterbury) enters their lives.
Director
Brian Crano
Producer
Peter Friedlander, Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Jennifer Barrons
Screenwriter
Brian Crano, Jake Sandvig
Distributor
MPI Media Group
Production Co
MPI
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 11, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 17, 2012
Runtime
1h 25m
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