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With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter (Geena Davis), and best friend, Loomis (Randy Quaid), Grimm (Bill Murray) enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
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Quick Change makes the most of its clever premise with a smartly skewed heist comedy that leaves plenty of room for its talented cast to shine.

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Jason Bailey Flavorwire Jul 15, 2016
Plenty of '80s comedies would've just ridden the clown-robbing-a-bank premise for 90 minutes. Instead, 'Quick Change' tosses off its twist twenty minutes in, discovering that the real achievement is not knocking off a bank, but getting out of New York. Go to Full Review
Odie Henderson House Next Door Jul 16, 2015
Quick Change requires a leap of faith from the audience. Go to Full Review
David Ansen Newsweek Oct 18, 2008
The movie has a comfy, lived-in feel; it doesn't beat you over the head for laughs, or take its horrors-of-New York theme too seriously. Smile and enjoy. Go to Full Review
Jack E. Wilkinson United Press International Jun 8, 2026
A pleasant interval, all Murray and a yard wide. Go to Full Review
Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Dec 2, 2022
The concept behind Quick Change is not very high, but it is quite entertaining in its variety. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Oct 13, 2021
3/4
...agreeable (and periodically hilarious)... Go to Full Review
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Eye C @ECinc Sep 9, 2026 I really love this movie, so funny. The script is simply brilliant. A really good laugh. See more Cecilia S @Cecilia2 Aug 21, 2026 Quick Change is a getaway movie where the getaway is almost beside the point. Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid stumble through a city that seems personally offended by their escape, and every detour gets funnier, stranger, and more desperate. Beneath the laughs is something wonderfully poignant: sometimes the hardest part of running away is realizing you have nowhere that feels like home. See more Rebecca T @Rebeccaprosecco Jul 21, 2026 Quick Change pulls off the neat trick of making a bank robbery look like the easy part. Bill Murray weaponizes deadpan against a city that seems personally offended by efficiency, and every wrong turn somehow finds an even worse one. It's a comedy feuled by escalating bad luck and perfect timing, proving the real crime isn't stealing the money, it's trying to leave town with your sanity intact. See more Michael F @RT70787900 May 2, 2026 It's clever, sure, but sorely dated. The pacing is remarkably slow. The acting is terrible. It reminds me of a class I took in college where we read a bunch of American post-modernist novels and it's the same kind of pretentious-yet-whacky, "zany" kind of writing. I couldn't bother finishing it. See more Mitch C @PrimetimeMitch Sep 8, 2025 Bill Murray rarely makes comedies I don't enjoy and this is no different. The sheer brilliance of robbing the bank and then coming out as a hostage had me applauding. Whether or not this is common knowledge now I don't know, nor do I wish to dig deep into whether authorities can be fooled in such a way - I just found it great. What this movie does is give you a charming set of characters whose criminal activity is almost irrelevant to the support you have for them throughout. There's no real reason to root against them. It's silly in many parts and whether it has big rewatchability for me is questionable and it doesn't give you much other than the 3 protagonists - Jason Robards did have me laughing however. Gina Davis' character frustrated me somewhat towards the end though not enough to dilute her presence. Not a bad flick as a comedy watch. See more Todd F @Tiddlows Aug 12, 2025 A funny, quirky and engaging very NYC dark comedy. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter (Geena Davis), and best friend, Loomis (Randy Quaid), Grimm (Bill Murray) enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Director
Howard Franklin, Bill Murray
Producer
Robert Greenhut, Bill Murray
Screenwriter
Howard Franklin
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Warner Bros., Devoted Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 13, 1990, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$14.0M
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Surround
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