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Actors: William H. Macy, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Welcome to Collinwood |
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A group of small-time thieves make plans to rob a jeweler. They plan to break into the adjacent apartment and break through the wall into the jewelry shop.
One of the thieves wooes the maid that cleans the apartment to try to gain access. He learns that the apartment owners will be out of town soon.
However, before the robbery, the thief falls for the maid and can't use her to gain access.
The inept thieves break into the apartment, but they break down the wrong wall. Now, they don't have enough time to break through the other wall and into the safe.
One of the thieves decides to find some food. He finds a cookie jar with one thousand dollars stashed in it. He finds a pot in the fridge and wants to heat it on the stove. When they light the stove the apartment blows up.
So, after weeks of planning and preparing, the thieves end up with charred and tattered clothes and just the thousand dollars they found.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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Cosimo (Guzman) is a petty criminal in jail where he hears about a great opportunity for a heist. He enlists his friend Toto to take the blame for the car theft so he can get out of jail. Instead, his friends double-cross him, leaving him in jail while they take his plans to rob a jewelry store.
Pero (Rockwell), Jerzy (Clooney), Riley (Macy) and Leon plan the theft. Jerzy is the safecracker but he is confined to a wheelchair and teaches the others to crack the safe. For this he charges $500. Riley is a photographer and knows that they can steal expensive camera equipment to pawn to pay Jerzy. Unfortunately, Riley is caught after the theft and gets his arm broken.
Once they assemble their team, and learn to crack a safe there is a new problem: a family moves in to the vacant apartment next to the jewelry store. Their perfect plan is falling apart. Pero lures the beautiful daughter out of the apartment while the rest of the team enters and breaks through the wall to steal the jewels.
--P Cohen, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Welcome to Collinwood |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
How much humor v. drama
- Mostly humor, but some serious drama
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a deadline
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
City?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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