Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 10/12/2001(USA)
Release Date: 04/02/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol/Por
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 123 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Director
Barry Levinson follows up the low-budget
An Everlasting Piece (2000) with another comedy, this one of the homegrown variety from former
Twin Peaks (1990) TV series writer
Harley Peyton.
Bruce Willis stars as suave bank robber
Joe, who has escaped from prison with his hypochondriac buddy
Terry (
Billy Bob Thornton). Together, the two men have devised a clever scheme to take a bank officer hostage the night before a heist, then simply escort the executive to work early the next morning when they clean out the vault. Their ingenious methods have led to the men becoming media darlings dubbed "the Sleepover Bandits," but all
Joe and
Terry want is to make a nice pile of money before crossing the Mexican border to a life of freedom and legitimacy. Their quest gets more complicated when
Terry is struck by a car driven by
Kate Wheeler (
Cate Blanchett), a bored housewife who's then forced to join their crime spree. Soon both
Joe and
Terry are in love with
Kate and she with them, realizing that the two friends put together pretty much equal the perfect man.
Bandits co-stars
Troy Garity, son of actress
Jane Fonda.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
