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By Grace S (128) on 17 Jan 2016

Band of Robbers has crafted a film that delivers witty comedy, genuine emotion, and riveting suspense without slipping out of tone…

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By Bobby P (104) on 16 Jan 2016

Interesting. It makes you pull for the characters, although the characters come off as caricatures at times…

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By Christopher A (601) on 16 Jan 2016

One of the best Mark Twain fan fictions of all time…

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By Will H (458) on 16 Jan 2016

What a fun, surprising, and, yes, emotional movie this was…

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By Joe Leydon (915) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Jan 2016

The performances are deft, the pacing is fleet, and the viewer is left with the agreeable impression that Band of Robbers is a promising work…

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By Tvnewsguido (99) on 16 Jan 2016

A silly re-imagined classic…

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By Mallory Andrews (58) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 15 Jan 2016

Band of Robbers fares slightly better as a cutesy combination of two American treasures: Mark Twain and Wes Anderson…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 15 Jan 2016

Band of Robbers just plain doesn’t work, to the extent that I’m almost regretful that the attempted schoolroom bans on Twain’s work weren’t…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 14 Jan 2016

Band of Robbers is full of deep references to the books, but also stands on its own as a fresh and occasionally touching take on the overambitious…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Jan 2016

A film that's as hilarious as it is beautiful…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 14 Jan 2016

The premise is clever and the Nees clearly have great affection for Twain's work, but a cool idea isn't enough to sustain it past the opening…

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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Jan 2016

An eccentric comedy likely to be best enjoyed by those steeped in the original novels, Band of Robbers doesn't quite spin its imaginative conceit…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 14 Jan 2016

This comic take on “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” is infused with a gleefully absurdist sense…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 14 Jan 2016

There’s an element of parlor trickery here that the movie’s never entirely able to overcome…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Jan 2016

The film works best when focusing on the conflict between world-weary Huck and dreamer Tom, but the characters are underdeveloped and the plot…

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By Abbey Bender (99) for Village Voice (8,525) on 12 Jan 2016

The directors of Band of Robbers, brothers Aaron and Adam Nee, have set out to modernize the stories of Mark Twain but end up with a cutesy…

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By Nick Prigge (37) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Jan 2016

It places more focus on the childish fabulousness of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer than the racial reckoning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 05 Jan 2016

Band of Robbers is a film of little flourishes that work better than the story they’re adorning…

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By Lee G (459) on 09 Nov 2015

An update on Mark Twain's characters Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer…

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By Jimmyo (378) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 03 Nov 2015

Quirky, cunning, and even a little heartwarming, this is a perfect example of taking a classic story and offering it to a brand new audience…

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