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      Pups

      R Released Apr 18, 1999 1h 43m Drama List
      90% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 73% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters. Read More Read Less

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      Robert Koehler Variety The crisp images and Bill Foster's unnerving ambient sound of hovering copters enormously aid this low-budget powder keg. Feb 14, 2001 Full Review Lawrence Van Gelder New York Times Hyperkinetic, perceptive though derivative. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post Raw but effective reworking of Dog Day Afternoon. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Josh Ralske All Movie Guide If Stevie didn't seem like such a real and basically ordinary teen, the film wouldn't be so compelling. Rated: 5/10 Oct 26, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2005 Full Review Brent Simon Entertainment Today Rated: 3/5 Sep 12, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member That's a great movie that would definitely recommend it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member It's nice to see Mischa Barton flourish but this puppy version of a bank robbery is hardly a psycho thriller. The screaming was much, but there's Mischa! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The most underrated movie of all time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member watched it on the movie network a few times when it first came out. very intense movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Puppy Day Afternoon! Pretty intense. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member 'Pups' is about very emotive subjects (gun crime and gun ownership in the US, the loss of innocence and nihilism of younger generations) that manages raise them without ever turning to didacticism. It is the sort of film Michael Moore wishes he had the intelligence to produce. It is political without wearing a badge on its sleeve, rather than spending the entire film hammering home an anti-gun message it treats us as adults. But that's not really what I wanted to talk about because the political message is of secondary importance. Foremost this film is a very very dark comedy that is playful with convention and whilst not perfect (it lacks pace at points, Rockie can be annoying) it is beautifully crafted and well worth anyone's time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis When troubled teen boy Stevie (Cameron Van Hoy) and his girlfriend, Rocky (Mischa Barton), attempt to rob a bank without any forethought, the situation rapidly deteriorates. Soon the young couple is holding bank customers and employees hostage, while law enforcement gathers outside. Daniel Bender (Burt Reynolds), a veteran negotiator for the FBI, is charged with assessing the crime scene and ending the standoff as quickly as possible, but Stevie's short fuse considerably complicates matters.
      Director
      Ash Baron-Cohen
      Producer
      Sachie Oyama, Boro Vukadinovic, Kazuyoshi Okuyama
      Screenwriter
      Ash Baron-Cohen
      Production Co
      Team Okuyama, Allied Entertainment Group Inc., Fire Heart Films Inc, Eagle Eye Films Inc.
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 18, 1999, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jul 18, 2000
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $4.4K
      Runtime
      1h 43m
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby