Small Time Crooks
Metascore
69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    100
    Sunnier and sillier than most of Allen's recent work, makes its belly laughs heartwarming. It's a most winning movie about losers.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    100
    A delicious comedy that starts out promisingly as a pleasant gag comedy but then turns unexpectedly into a bright social satire.
  3. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    90
    This is vintage Allen, his powers intact after a string of increasingly cranky, creaky films in the last few years.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    Handsome as all Allen films are, and it proceeds with the brisk, sophisticated air of throwaway confidence and lack of pretense that we expect from the contemporary master of grown-up comedy.
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  5. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    88
    The plot is lively and the dialogue packs many good laughs.

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User Score
6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. OneWhoKnows
    8
    Anyone that knows anything about Woody Allen will realize that SMALL TIME CROOKS is a return to what Woody Allen does best... MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH! All that give this movie a bad review probably like Woody's attempts to find ARTISTIC CINEMA! Well Woody is best served by doing what made him famous, ridiculously funny comedy. By the way if you think PURPLE ROSE is a Woody Allen hit, you have to answer the door (reality is trying to talk to you). Since ANNIE HALL won best picture, it was and is the ONLY COMEDY to do such. Hence, nobody gives comedy its due. By the way it is MUCH harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry! Keep making me laugh Woody!! Small Time Crooks is a GEM!… Full Review »
  2. J-Shap
    5
    While it drags in parts and has a slim margin between hits and misses, Small Time Crooks does a number of funny (and unexpected) plot developments, and a nice role reversal for Allen's character.… Full Review »
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