A kidnapping comedy that will not be confused with the work of the Coen brothers. (You know it's a "dark" comedy because of the requisite dog abuse.) The one compensation is the presence of Elaine Stritch, a trouper who can do a lot with a line. (Watch how, through clenched teeth, she wraps her lips around "Find my cash.") But the price to be paid is hearing her described by the untalented Norm Macdonald as "the old prune," and seeing her paraded in her unmentionables for the delight and derision of the youth crowd. With Dave Chappelle and Danny DeVito; co-written and co-directed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. (2000) — Duncan Shepherd
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