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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Starring: Eva Mendes, Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel
  • Summary: Smart, sweet, hip, and engaging, this film celebrates the precipitous fall and rise of an oxymoronic movie hero - a winning loser who follows his own path. Baker, a lovable con man with high ambitions and low energy, likes to dream and scheme about tomorrow, without paying any attention to the realities of today. He embarks on a great comic misadventure that in a sometimes roundabout, but always entertaining, way, leads straight to happy endings. (ThinkFIlm) Expand
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 15
  2. Negative: 3 out of 15
  1. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    70
    A loose-knit, character-driven comedy that percolates with good-vibe amusement, often earning industrial-strength guffaws with sneaky one-liners and tossed-off non-sequiturs.
  2. Reviewed by: John DeFore
    60
    In large part the film succeeds, feeling like a good-natured throwback.
  3. A shiny shell of a movie, "TWBS" is pretty to look at, and occasionally fun to watch. But ultimately, it's an exercise in futility - for the participants, who can do so much more, and the audience, which deserves so much better.
  4. Reviewed by: Josh Rosenblatt
    30
    I hate to sound like a disappointed parent, but I expected more from Luke Wilson.

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