Rating: 
Summary: Very, Very Funny
Review: All I can say about this movie is... it is SOOOO funny! I great crime caper flick. A real must see!
Rating: 
Summary: Fantastic Movie.
Review: An amusing crime-based comedy that runs the gauntlet of robbery, murder, blackmail, and a surprisingly amusing phonesex moment. The acting is wonderfully done, one the best roles I believe Abe Vigoda has been offered.
Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, and Renaud pull off their characters flawlessly, which is saying something because they're dark characters that are injecting some serious comedy.
In the end, everyone involved with this movie should definately be proud of their effort, because it's definately worth seeing.
Rating:
Summary: One of the most funny movies of 2003
Review: Crime Spree at first sounds like a serious crime drama, yet after you watch it you will not think so. It's about a bumbling group of French thieves who are sent to the US to pull of a heist that will set things straight for their boss back in France. I won't give any more plot details away, (save that for the box), but it certainly is funny. I wasn't thinking it was going to be as funny as it was, but I laughed almost through the entire film. The most surprising thing is that these were genuine laughs, not forced as with most comedies these days. Crime Spree is a fresh look at a genre that has grown very tiresome. Highly suggested for fans of crime gone awry films and for anyone looking to laugh a few hours away. The DVD doesn't offer anything other than a trailer and commentary.
Rating:
Summary: A good laugh
Review: Crime Spree is brilliant parody of many film genres (crime/mafia, fish out of water, comedy of errors). The performances by G?rard Depardieu (Daniel Foray), Albert Dray (Raymond Gayet), Johnny Hallyday (Marcel Burot), and Renaud (Zero) were excellent.
Rating:
Summary: A good laugh
Review: Crime Spree is brilliant parody of many film genres (crime/mafia, fish out of water, comedy of errors). The performances by Gérard Depardieu (Daniel Foray), Albert Dray (Raymond Gayet), Johnny Hallyday (Marcel Burot), and Renaud (Zero) were excellent.
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Summary: RARE CENEMATIC GEM...ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL
Review: EXCELLENT MOVIE! IT'S A RARE CENEMATIC GEM.FUNNY.THE CHARACTERS ARE UNSTABLE,LOVABLE AND HILARIOUS.FILLED WITH HUMOR AND ACTION.
IT'S PURE ENTERTAINMENT.
Rating:
Summary: Very cute
Review: Funny, light and generally a good movie. Rather than romantic comedy, the genre is Crime comedy.
Rating:
Summary: Wickedly Funny
Review: God, this movie is funny. There is one thing I would like to point out: Many people refer to this as a foreign film, and I guess technically it is since it was made by a Canadian company, but I feel this is misleading and many people will think it is a foreign language film, when it is not. The first few minutes of the movie are in French with English subtitles, but after that the entire movie (except for one scene) is in English. I have to say that making an English-speaking film with French actors was a gamble - but it was a gamble that pays off big-time. These guys are so funny they reduce you to tears. Crime Spree is a unique twist on an old genre. I highly recommend it for everyone who like to laugh.
Rating:
Summary: Genuine Laughs ... worth a rental
Review: I don't know how I stumbled onto this DVD, but my blind purchase (I do that sometimes) was a success. There are some moments in this movie that are laugh-out-loud funny. All of the French actors in this film are legends in France for one reason or another (some of them are famous music artists) and the nearly always excellent Harvey Keitel and Abe Vigoda also star. The French thieves appear to be bumbling idiots at first, but despite appearances they get it together as the movie progresses, so don't expect non-stop slapstick humour. The laughs are sometimes in the more subtle situation-comedy moments. There are some tense and surprisingly violent scenes too. At times the script was clichéd ("you must either be brave or very stupid to be here") and I also felt like a better editor could have salvaged some of the jokes (and punchlines)...there were a few times where there were pauses before or after a joke that felt a bit too: oh i see, you want me to laugh now, right?. I also dislike the premise in movies, where everyone is a potential traitor (which is a cheap and easy way for allowing lots of plot twists to complicate things). The DVD: Nothing except for the director & producer commentary, which is, by the way, very interesting. And I don't mean that in a good way. I advise you to NOT listen to the commentary, because you may suddenly notice a lot more flaws in the film that more seasoned directors (who, granted, probably would have bigger budgets) would have not let go unnoticed. The director/writer Brad Mirman is not a dumb guy, but he's clearly inexperienced and perhaps a bit too pleased with his (debut?) film -- ie. 'oh I love this next scene'. Look past my complaints, this film has a fresh and funny approach on a tired (mafia & fish out of water) theme, with funny and inspired performances all round. Recommended.
Rating: 
Summary: Mediocre
Review: I honestly don't know what people who gave this a good review are talking about. I found it unimaginative, derivative, and totally unfunny. A waste of time and money! No wonder I've never heard of it.
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