- Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release Date: Nov 20, 1998
- Starring: Ian Bannen
- Summary: From the land where fairy tales were born comes a disarmingly original comic fable about the true meaning of fortune. (Fox Searchlight)
- Director: Kirk Jones
- Genre(s): Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 21
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Mixed: 6 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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100This one's so much fun, it's worth taking the whole family.
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80Writer-director Kirk Jones III keeps the movie resolutely brisk and light, twisting mildly this way and that but never detouring for long.
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80Bannen and the gawky Kelly, whose screen chemistry is vital to the film's success, make a delightful pair of stumbling shysters, and Jones' script weaves a sizable tapestry of other characters to flesh out the village.
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60Writer-director Kirk Jones has the movie roll over, fetch and chase its own tail in order to make you love it.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4