Fresh
Band of Robbers doesn't quite spin its imaginative conceit into comic gold, but it offers some minor pleasures along the way.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
A comedic thriller that re-imagines Mark Twain's iconic literary characters of "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" as grown men in current day.
Director and cast
- Aaron Nee Director
- Adam Nee Director
- Kyle Gallner as Huck Finn
- Adam Nee as Tom Sawyer
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Joe Harper
- Hannibal Buress as Ben Rogers
- Melissa Benoist as Becky Thatcher
- Daniel Edward Mora as Jorge Jiminez
- Stephen Lang as Injun Joe
- Eric Christian Olsen as Sid Sawyer
- Johnny Pemberton as Tommy Barnes
- Beth Grant as Widow Douglas
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
This clever updating of Mark Twain finds Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer involved in a comic caper.
Joe Leydon, Variety
Fresh
In addition to Twain, the directors clearly worship the Coens, specifically "Raising Arizona." And that's OK.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Rotten
I think it's a bad idea that's badly done in at least two ways, maybe three, but however many there are they're all fatal.
Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com
Fresh
The filmmakers have described "Band of Robbers" as fan fiction, and that feels about right: They don't quite hit the mark, but it's fun to watch them trying.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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