Rating of
3/4
Great all around movie
TheWolf - wrote on 08/02/07
Billybob Thornton & Bruce Willis playing in what I would call one of the funniest movies about a robbery that you can see. Thornton & Willis play crime partners in this movie, and they both fall in love with a woman that they have kidnapped (Cate Blanchett). Bandits is a film where you cheer for the bad guys. Not because they're particularly attractive people, but because their eccentricities make them so real (and also because you aren't given any real reason to care about the good guys). The situations presented here are pretty improbable, but the clever dialogue and snappy performances make up for whatever you might disbelieve.
Bruce Willis shows again that playing against his tough-guy type is really where he succeeds best. Joe has all the charisma and muscle of an action hero, but also the sarcasm and wit to really poke fun at the stereotype. Thornton gives a magnificently physically showing as the hyperchondriac Terry. His idiosynchrsies are hilarious to watch and the banter with both Joe and Kate is perfect. There are so many one-liners that spew from his fast-talking, too smart for his own safety mind. "You know the hardest thing about being smart? You pretty much know what's gonna happen next. There's no suspense." He also has the uncanny demeanor to switch personas mid-sentence, acting tough and then, when ridiculed about his disguise, almost quietly, as though to a confidant, asking if it really is that bad.
I really liked Bandits, it had a great story, it had good actors and it was a hilariously cool movie.
