Best Men

R 5.5
1997 1 hr 30 min Comedy , Romance

Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father.

  • Cast:
    Dean Cain , Andy Dick , Sean Patrick Flanery , Mitchell Whitfield , Luke Wilson , Fred Ward , Raymond J. Barry

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Reviews

Kattiera Nana
1997/10/17

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Jeanskynebu
1997/10/18

the audience applauded

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Borserie
1997/10/19

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

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Donald Seymour
1997/10/20

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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SnoopyStyle
1997/10/21

There is a bank robber known as Hamlet working the area who quotes Shakespeare during his robberies. Four friends Buzz (Dean Cain), Teddy (Andy Dick), Billy (Sean Patrick Flanery), and Sol (Mitchell Whitfield) have come to pick up Jesse (Luke Wilson) from prison released after around 3 years. They are all dressed in tuxedos going to Jesse's wedding with Hope (Drew Barrymore). Billy is dropped off at the bank who turns out to be the masked bandit Hamlet. Then the rest of the guys go into the bank. They are surprised by Billy's bank robbery, and join in. Sheriff Phillips (Fred Ward) surrounds the group, and turns out to be Billy's dad.This is a poor copy of 'Dog Day Afternoon'. Billy is way too pathetic. The FBI is way too ridiculous. The other people in the group makes no sense. It's trying to be a quirky action comedy. Except that it's more stupid than funny. And it's a horrible idea to have Andy Dick who is hamming it up for the camera. I think the filmmakers are attempting at a Tarantino-like DDA movie but they don't have the skills to pull it off. It comes off as a weak homage to the great movie.

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tweety_22488
1997/10/22

I really like this movie. The actors fit the characters perfectly and the plot was unique. It would have been even more great to find out more about the characters but other than that i really enjoyed it. What was really fantastic is how all the friends were so different from each other but the fit so well. I can understand that this movie wasn't really deep, but life isn't always like that. The movie certainly took some surprising turns, well at least in the characters they were bringing into the plot. the overall feeling of the movie was really sentimental, dealing in the fact that these guys lives had been rough but they were still willing to go on, and the end really interesting if a little sad. But it just goes to show that some people don't go down without a fight.

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Drew-Barrymore-Obsessed
1997/10/23

Best Men - Drew Barrymore, Luke Wilson, Dean Caine, Andy Dick.The plot - Three friends rob and take hostage of a bank on Luke Wilson's and Drew Barrymore's wedding day. They are surrounded by F.B.I. and are on the life and death stage line.What I thought - Hey, it was good although the plot of robbing a bank was like OKAY? It was a little too on the edge for me.What was good - The thing of Drew Brarymore in it but here are my calculations. 1. Good actors were in it. 2. Drew Barrymore was in it. 3. It was action. 4. The plot was funny. 5. Happy ending 6. They named their kid Sol. aww they named it after there friend.Caculations - 8/10 They rules see it today.

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mparks
1997/10/24

This movie tells us an interesting, unusual, and uneven tale of angst, love, disaffection, and friendship. The groom, and four guys in the wedding party, are on their way to the wedding when one of them (who turns out to be the son of the town sheriff) decides to rob a bank, and all of them get involved. It is hard to imagine a more bizarre start to a story. The screenplay could have been a lot better; the characters could have been a lot better developed; the story could have been a lot more realistic. But in spite of all that, each time I tried to turn it off, something happened that kept me going, all the way to the end! There's a lot of movies that can't manage that trick. I wouldn't spend a lot of money to see it, but on the other hand, if it turns up on cable, and you want a change of pace, it's definitely worth a try. It might just hit you the right way.

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