Crackers

PG

Released Feb 17, 1984

1h 32m

Comedy

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5 Reviews

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After getting laid off, Weslake (Donald Sutherland) begins working in the pawn shop of stingy Garvey (Jack Warden). When Weslake's friend Dillard (Sean Penn) and his pal, electrician Ramon (Trinidad Silva), come in to retrieve Dillard's pawned guitar, Ramon makes a deal with Garvey to install a burglar alarm system. Realizing the system will make his job unnecessary, Weslake teams up with Dillard, Ramon, pimp Boardwalk (Larry Riley) and homeless man Turtle (Wallace Shawn) to rob Garvey's vault.

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Has some minor laughs but how could such a talented filmmaker as Louis Malle make a film as unoriginal and tasteless as this? Rating mostly for the talent involved.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Average movie about a bunch of bumbling robbers. Pretty boring with some useless characters. Jack Warden is the boss of a pawn shop and very shrewd. Donald Sutherland is a jobless man occasionally hire as watchman for the shop. He got a friend Wallace Shawn who basically just likes to eat. Donald is also seeing horny ticket maid Christine Baranski. Larry Riley is another jobless lousy pimp who has to take care his toddler son after the whore wife abandon them. Sean Penn and illegal immigrant Trinidad Silva are small thieves as well. Jack want Sean to install alarm system in his shop in exchange he can buy back his pawned guitar. Trinidad tell him to rig the system so they can rob it. Larry overheard their plan and tell Donald who is sick of been broke and poor, decide to rob the shop as well. He group them all together to plan the heist. Larry befriend a maid Charlayne Woodard who work in a unit at the apartment beside. He is there to recce. Jack bring a salmon to celebrate his mum's 90th birthday. After he lock the door, the heist began and plenty of problems ensures. Causes Donald plan to be behind schedule by several hours. Finally they drill hole in the unit and get down to the store. They were about to blow up the safe when Jack return. His mum passed away. A cat play with the switch and activate the bomb, blowing up the safe. The alarm ring and 2 cops arrive. Jack tell them they are his friends and the robbers are gone. He tell Donald the robbers are dumb to rob the safe because it is empty and unlocked, only for show. But they were there to grieve with him as friends and Jack just treat nothing happened.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

It's not good, which is sad to see since there are quite a few well-established actors in front of the camera and a powerhouse director behind it. Crackers tries to be one of these heist comedies, like a smaller scale Ocean's 11, but lacks any sense of wit or style and ends up being just bland and boring.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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william s

The lull in Penn's career begins here.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

not bad but very random and weird.. at times you just turn your head and say whaaa for some parts but seeing wallace shawn this quiet in film is pretty weird itself

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Mediocre production about a group of people conspiring to break in to a safe which happens to belong to a friend of theirs. In a couple of weeks i have forgotten all about this film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Louis Malle

Director

Donald Sutherland

Weslake

Jack Warden

Lou Garvey

Sean Penn

Don Dillard

Wallace Shawn

Turtle

Larry Riley

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This was planned for John Belushi, who died before it could get off the ground and might have made the whole thing worth doing.

Mar 11, 2015

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Variety Staff

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Basically consists of a wide assortment of character riffs which are offbeat enough to provide moderate moment-to-moment amusement but don't create a great deal of comic impact.

Mar 26, 2009

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Chris Peachment

Time Out

Cardiac arrest finally seizes the film, after a long case of terminal whimsy.

Jun 24, 2006

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TV Guide

Despite the predictability of the story, there might have been moments of mirth had director Malle been able to sustain a narrative. Since viewers don't care a whit for anyone in it, the picture implodes in its own cynicism.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 11, 2015

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Synopsis

After getting laid off, Weslake (Donald Sutherland) begins working in the pawn shop of stingy Garvey (Jack Warden). When Weslake's friend Dillard (Sean Penn) and his pal, electrician Ramon (Trinidad Silva), come in to retrieve Dillard's pawned guitar, Ramon makes a deal with Garvey to install a burglar alarm system. Realizing the system will make his job unnecessary, Weslake teams up with Dillard, Ramon, pimp Boardwalk (Larry Riley) and homeless man Turtle (Wallace Shawn) to rob Garvey's vault.

Director: Louis Malle
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 1984, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2008
Runtime: 1h 32m

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