Best Men

Name: Best Men
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: October 17, 1997
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Andy Dick, Brad Dourif, Dean Cain, Drew Barrymore, Fred Ward

1997

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Orion Pictures | Release Date: October 17, 1997 | R

Starring: Andy Dick, Brad Dourif, Dean Cain, Drew Barrymore, Fred Ward, Luke Wilson, Mitchell Whitfield, Raymond J. Barry, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tracy Fraim

Summary: The film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girl friend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who usesThe film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girl friend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father. As the men are all known to those being robbed, this quirky comedy takes a left turn as their hostages all work to support the men.… Expand

Director: Tamra Davis

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Derek Elley

At heart, Best Men is a modest picture that harks back in many ways to U.S. movies of the late ’60s and early ’70s in its unconventional attitudes and anti-establishment tone. Pacing never lingers, and, unlike in Guncrazy, there’s no narrative fat; at the same time, there isn’t much emotional residue either. In short, it’s simply a quality B movie. Read full review

Time Out London Staff (Not Credited)

Yet another quirky crime comedy, but on its own terms entertaining enough, with a distinctively sharp take on masculine behaviour and a surprising amount of the Bard. Read full review

Empire Jessica Mellor

The ensemble acting is so strong the characters are likeable without being annoying, and aside from the odd corny line which serves as a reminder of the movie's stupidity, if taken at face value it becomes a fair enough yarn with bundles of energy. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

As a comedy, it's painfully unfunny, and as a drama, it's both silly and overcrowded with unnecessary characters and subplots. Still, Best Men has its moments. Read full review

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