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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerOne thought that occurred to me while pacing myself through Flypaper: With the economy being what it is, will there be a rash of bank robbery movies?
- Given a bit of breathing room in the breathless script, Dempsey and Judd might have been able to develop some convincing chemistry, but relationship dynamics get squeezed out by relentless plotting.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyStrenuous and just fitfully amusing.
- 50The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzFull of indie mannerisms - compulsive swearing, jokey violence, quirk-laden characters - Flypaper can't quite manage to find a style or a comic groove of its own.
- 42The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasEverything and everyone acts as cogs in a relentless plot machine that keeps twisting and twisting like an annoying little gizmo on Christmas morning.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearIt isn't long, however, before the film's caricatured bad-guy shtick starts to wear gossamer thin, and an overabundance of "clever" twists-no one is [Yawn] who they seem to be! - begins to sap whatever little goodwill has been built up.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's a mess from start to finish, but there's still fun to be had in Rob Minkoff's caper comedy.
- In the end, there's just a roomful of decent character actors in search of a point. For them, the titular Flypaper may have simply been a paycheck.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceSlick, manic, excruciatingly hollow entry in the exhausted subgenre of misfit bank-heist comedies.