Big Shots

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Big Shots

PG-13

1987

1h 28m

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Drama

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Two boys (Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary) from opposite sides of Chicago borrow a Mercedes-Benz from mobsters and drive to Louisiana.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

01/01/2000

3/4

The result is more entertaining than you might think.

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Octavi Marti

El Pais (Spain)

06/04/2020

The director is a competent filmmaker who tries to maintain the rhythm and disengage himself from certain insurmountable burdens. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

07/21/2005

2/5

Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

03/31/2005

3/5

A hip comedy classic that's as much fun as it is a blast from the past

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Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

08/25/2004

2/5

Scripter Joe Eszterhas and director Robert Mandel squander most of the riches of this story by focusing on the boys' combat with two drug dealers.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 03/02/2023

Even as a kid I couldn't get through it.

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09/21/2017

Perhaps a forgotten gem of the '80s.

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10/27/2012

Two preteens act like adults in stealing cars, waving guns, and going to bars while trying to find an absentee father. The white kid Obie bothered me. His mom deserved to be treated better.

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05/24/2012

Saw this movie as a somewhat innocent kid then again as a cynical adult.i still love the 'sheltered suburb kid meets street-wise hustler' angle and their need for guidance without fathers they desperately miss.

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03/01/2011

'Dumbest white boy in the history of white boys' teams up with street kid in borrowed Mercedes to retrieve his stolen diver's watch and locate his new friend's father.

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09/04/2010

An overly sentimental but still occasionally hilarious tale of two kids taking on gangsters and evil pawn shop owners with cap guns. Great cast, but annoying use of "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard.

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Synopsis

Two boys (Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary) from opposite sides of Chicago borrow a Mercedes-Benz from mobsters and drive to Louisiana.

Director: Robert Mandel
Producer: Michael C. Gross, Joe Medjuck
Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas
Production Co: Lorimar Film Entertainment, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.9M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Surround

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