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Pups

Play trailer Poster for Pups R Released Apr 18, 1999 1h 43m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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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.

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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 Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Ash ... is a genuine provocateur-filmmaker. Rated: B+ Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Pups looks ragged and slammed-together, but that's part of its appeal; the film has a wildness that more care would have killed. 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
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Cast & Crew

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Ash Baron-Cohen

Director

Cameron Van Hoy

Stevie

Mischa Barton

Rocky

Burt Reynolds

Daniel Bender

Adam Farrar

Wheelchair Man

David Alan Graf

Bank Manager

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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
Ash Baron-Cohen, Daniel M Berger
Screenwriter
Ash Baron-Cohen
Production Co
Allied Entertainment Group Inc., Team Okuyama, 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