Alicia I love this movie so much

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

statenisland812 This is a goofy crime comedy. Kinda Cohen Brother's-esquire and gritty but yet original and kinda light.This is a great ensemble and character piece. The casting is very good. Rockwell gives an excellent performer. Luis Guzmon also delivers very well. Clooney's cameo is a plus and he seems to embody his character well. Also, the Russo Brothers do a fantastic job with the direction here.The plot is about a group of stupid criminals trying to rob a vault from an apartment. Sam Rockwell has to charm and will over the girl next door to get into the apartment. Welcome To Collinwood soon turns into a situation with everything going to shambles. The characters crack under pressure and things fall apart with humorous results. This is a underrated film and worth the rental!

johnny-08 Cosimo (Luis Guzman) ends up in prison for car burglary and there he's given the plan for the perfect heist from a lifer in prison; so he has to get out of jail, fast. He tells his girlfriend Rosalind (Patricia Clarkson) to find a man who will do his time in prison for some money. But no one wants to do the time for Cosimo's crime and yet everybody seems to know a guy who will do that. Soon bad boxer Pero Mahalovic (Sam Rockwell) founds out the details of this so called "perfect job".First of all, I think this movie was very funny and from my point of view I would recommend it to everyone. This movie is remake of Italian comedy "I Soliti Ignoti". I didn't watch the Italian original so I cannot judge or compare those two movies. But "Welcome to Collinwood" is great comedy for itself, about four people trying to rob the money from the vault in one house. Everyone gave their part of brilliance from this movie cast. Really excellent movie for these actors: Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy (great), Isaiah Washington, Michael Jeter (great), Luis Guzmán, Patricia Clarkson, Jennifer Esposito and finally George Clooney gave their share in this project. Maybe to say that this movie is only comedy, isn't fair. This is more then that. Because of one difference. All of thieves in this movie have very small wishes when they are asked: what will they do with their money? It is mostly securing their future in very humble way. This fact goes beyond comedy into the soul of that criminals. And not only them but also cop Babitch, who is presented like corrupted one; so here directors Russo presents us fact that criminals and cop are the same. Actually all in Collinwood are; and not only in Collinwood, cause all people chase money, on legal or illegal way. I don't like all movies were audience eventually likes and cheers for thieves. But, this one is exception. You have to love them all. Riley with his little baby and wife in jail. Toto with his pants. Cosimo with his line: "Your mother's a whore!" and all others. They are just like characters in my favorite comic, Alan Ford. They all trying to make some money, but simply they are out of luck. But they all did one good deed: they gave money to Riley, so he can get his wife out of prison. They are all heroes in my eyes, cause lots of "honest" people wouldn't do that.

oldmoviebuff1985 I had never heard of this flick despite the connection to George Clooney (whose company produced and he appears in a very funny supporting bit) and his Ocean's 11 director Steven Soderbergh. Worse, we picked this up in a discount bin for $4.99 (Canadian dollars at that!) What a grand and pleasant surprise. But then I'm of the opinion that if William H. Macy is in it you can't be disappointed. This was very reminiscent of those Ealing comedies from England in the 1950s. OK, with more profanity. This is an oddball and at times gut-splittingly funny film. The actual heist made me laugh so hard I was crying. Perhaps the funniest use of underpants in movie history. Maybe it was the low expectations I had going in but I watched with a group of people and we had a blast. Best $5 I've spent in ages.

fibia I am quite surprised that no review or comment on this movie mentions the fact that is is a remake, actually a blurred photocopy of the original. The movie that inspired it it's called "I soliti ignoti", it is a classic of Italian comedy, it was shot in 1958 by Mario Monicelli and it featured Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto (in the part here played by George Clooney), Carla Gravina, Marcello Mastroianni and the stunning Claudia Cardinale, who was 20 years old at the time... In 1959 Nanni Loy shot a sequel of this movie called "L'audace colpo dei soliti ignoti", same cast but Nino Manfredi is replacing Mastroianni.