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  • 1997
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1997
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary All gangster Tommy Spinelli (Pesci) wants to do is board a plane and get to San Diego so that he can deliver his carry-on duffel bag to his boss. Unfortunately, the bag is dumped during boarding and is switched with that of a Mexican-bound medical student...who has no idea that the bag he now carries contains the severed heads of eight L...

Directed By: Tom Schulman

Written By: Tom Schulman

  • 1997
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1997
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 17 Critic Reviews
18
User Score Overwhelming Dislike Based on 49 User Ratings
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Summary All gangster Tommy Spinelli (Pesci) wants to do is board a plane and get to San Diego so that he can deliver his carry-on duffel bag to his boss. Unfortunately, the bag is dumped during boarding and is switched with that of a Mexican-bound medical student...who has no idea that the bag he now carries contains the severed heads of eight L...

Directed By: Tom Schulman

Written By: Tom Schulman

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18% Positive
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12% Mixed
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71% Negative
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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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71% Negative
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75
Especially fine are Spade and Louiso, the latter possessing a quality of injured integrity that is priceless here.
By Barbara Shulgasser FULL REVIEW
50
Pesci has a lot of scenes that strike just the right note.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 49 User Ratings
1.6
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12% Mixed
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78% Negative
38 Ratings

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Overwhelming Dislike Based on 49 User Ratings
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10% Positive
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12% Mixed
6 Ratings
78% Negative
38 Ratings

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30
Spade is tiresome in yet another smart-ass part.
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20
An excruciatingly unfunny comedy.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
10
Appears to have been made by people with nothing between their ears.
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0
Packs all the spine-tingling punch of a soggy bag of mulch.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
0
Aims for dark farce but ends up playing more like Weekend at Bernie's Part VIII. [25 Apr 1997, p. 50]
By Bruce Fretts FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Orion Pictures, The Rank Organisation
Release Date Apr 18, 1997
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Meet Tommy Spinelli. He's got two days to deliver this bag, or more heads are gonna roll.
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/8-heads-in-a-duffel-bag.15672/
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Awards

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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