Bandits
Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) have escaped from prison and rob banks in order to finance their scheme for a new life. However, one day, they both fall in love with a bank officer they've kidnapped.
12 May 1948, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
8 April 1971, San Francisco, California, USA
1 February 1968, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
17 June 1984, South Pasadena, California, USA
September 30, 2003
Bandits' most intriguing plot line, the three-way love story, merely hints at the complexity of a two-man/one-woman relationship and never moves past the initial stages of cuteness and adolescent eroticism.
October 12, 2001
The movie has a one-take feel about it, containing vast stretches where nothing much happens. The cinematography looks amateurish, often badly composed and poorly lit.
November 06, 2002
Thornton and Willis save the day with their performances.
December 22, 2010
Adults will get this movie, but kids won't.
January 06, 2002
It's just about impossible not to fall for the ingratiating trio, especially Thornton's Terry.
August 05, 2007
Terrible. A substitute for sleep medication that's so self-indulgent and plodding, it drove four people out of my screening midway through.
October 12, 2001
Levinson must think he's on safe ground morally by keeping Bandits bloodless, as if the absence of carnage somehow makes kidnapping and armed robbery wholesome.
March 31, 2006
A hybrid crime-comedy that unsuccessfully tries to blend classic screwball comedy (the Preston Sturges brand), romantic triangles (Jules et Jim, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), and character-driven crimers (a la Bonnie and Clyde).
October 18, 2001
What started as cute becomes cloying and bloated.
December 31, 2005
There's good on-screen chemistry, good acting, and an incredibly well written and clever ending.
March 26, 2016
Tries hard to be a quirky comedy -- God, does it try.
January 22, 2002
I like movies that don't settle into a groove, especially if the groove is already well worn. But the different kinds of movies that make up Bandits are pretty worn, too.
