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How to Rob a Bank
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Nick Stahl, Erika Christensen, Terry Crews, Adriano Aragon, David Carradine, and Gavin Rossdale

In this heist film that gets everything right about a crime that goes all too wrong, it difficult keeping track of who is doing what to whom and why. Who is robbing the bank? What are they after? These are the simple elements that keep rearranging themselves as Jinx and Jessica find themselves trapped inside a vault, with bank-robber Simon, stuck on the other side of the vault door, and the police stuck outside the bank. A fresh, freewheeling take on a genre perennial, Jenkins' film playfully hits the reset button every time things seem to settle into place. (IFC Films)

GENRE(S):	Comedy \| Crime \| Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY:	Andrews Jenkins
DIRECTED BY:	Andrews Jenkins
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: September 2, 2008 Theatrical: February 6, 2008
RUNNING TIME:	minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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Film Threat Felix Vasques Jr.

It makes for a good time with Christensen providing lovely eye candy, but as for Jenkins and his hipper than thou dialogue, and gritty direction? I’m not impressed.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

An excellent actor too often stuck in unworthy roles, Nick Stahl deserves much better than Andrew Jenkins' derivative, self-conscious heist flick.

The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber

What's most disturbing about "Bank" is its lack of ambition. Maybe Jenkins will take more chances in the future. If he's lucky, this stinker will be quickly forgotten.

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Amateurish, half-hearted romantic comedy-cum-heist film twists itself into unconvincing knots to pull off a guilt-free bank robbery.

Village Voice Nick Pinkerton

So objectively awful it ceases even to be a reflection of writer- director Andrews Jenkins's non-talent, How to Rob a Bank calls into question the distribution filtration process that should protect delicate consumer eyes from things like this.

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