Queenpins

Name: Queenpins
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: September 10, 2021
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Annie Mumolo, Bebe Rexha, Ben Sidell, Eduardo Franco, Garrett Wareing

2021

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Elevation Pictures | Release Date: September 10, 2021 | R

Starring: Annie Mumolo, Bebe Rexha, Ben Sidell, Eduardo Franco, Garrett Wareing, Greta Oglesby, Jack McBrayer, Joel McHale, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Kristen Bell, Lidia Porto, Marc Evan Jackson, Nick Cassavetes, Nneoma Nkuku, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Root, Vince Vaughn

Summary: A bored and frustrated suburban homemaker, Connie (Kristen Bell) and her best pal JoJo (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon caper. After firing off a letter to the conglomerate behind a box of cereal gone stale, and receiving an apology along with dozens of freebies, theA bored and frustrated suburban homemaker, Connie (Kristen Bell) and her best pal JoJo (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), a vlogger with dreams, turn a hobby into a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon caper. After firing off a letter to the conglomerate behind a box of cereal gone stale, and receiving an apology along with dozens of freebies, the duo hatch an illegal coupon club scheme that scams millions from mega-corporations and delivers deals to legions of fellow coupon clippers. On the trail to total coupon dominance, a hapless Loss Prevention Officer (Paul Walter Hauser) from the local supermarket chain joins forces with a determined U.S. Postal Inspector (Vince Vaughn) in hot pursuit of these newly-minted “Queenpins” of pink collar crime. Inspired by a true story.… Expand

Director: Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly

Genre(s): Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 110 min

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Amy Nicholson

Sep 8, 2021

Gaudet and Pullapilly argue, cheekily and convincingly, that the real crooks are the unseen conglomerates who’ve created a society that devalues products and their consumers. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Sep 10, 2021

Perhaps this story would be better told in a limited non-fiction series as well, as Queenpins relies too much on scatological humor, farcical sequences and a not entirely convincing message that these women were feminist, Robin Hood heroes. Read full review

Tara Bennett

Sep 10, 2021

Queenpins works best when Kristen Bell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are allowed to let their effortless chemistry be the focus. Their comedic instincts are pitch perfect as their naïve pursuit of trying to get ahead financially snowballs into a multi-national coupon-stealing scheme that they are entirely unprepared to navigate. But the fun fizzles with depressing side stories, and especially when Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser commandeer too much screen time with middling results. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Sep 8, 2021

Writers and directors Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly can’t seem to decided whether to make an offbeat comedy about two under-appreciated women turning to crime or a mismatched buddy cop comedy. So they made both. It’s not a seamless fit. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 8, 2021

The first act of “Queenpins” makes you giddy at the comic possibilities, but the finale is the final straw in the letdown it too-quickly becomes. Read full review

Sarah Bea Milner

Sep 8, 2021

It wants to celebrate the American Dream and the entrepreneurial spirit — while making a statement about consumerism and corporate greed. In the end, Queenpins doesn't really say anything, which would have been fine if it was at least funny. Read full review

Kristen Page-Kirby

Sep 8, 2021

A good story lurks somewhere in Queenpins, but Gaudet and Pullapilly take the easy way out at every plot point and with nearly every joke. Read full review

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