CRACKERS (1984) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Louis Malle
Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn,
Wallace Shawn, Christine Baranski, Irwin Corey
Oddball caper about some would-be burglars trying to knock over a pawn-shop safe. The film's climactic heist is secondary to the interaction of its likeable, lowlife characters, an unlikely extended family with dreams of safecracking glory that can only go awry. The movie doesn't go anywhere particularly, but it has a good time not getting there.
