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Crackers

1984 · 98 min

A loose, amiable caper that ambles through its heist with shaggy charm and mild laughs.

Directed by
Louis Malle
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Tagline
The Comedy that dreams the impossible scheme!
Overview
Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.

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Directed by
Louis Malle
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • friendship
  • class
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
action, comedy, crime
Directed by
Louis Malle
Written by
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
Starring
Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, Larry Riley, Trinidad Silva, Christine Baranski, Charlayne Woodard
Cinematography
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Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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