Palookaville (film)
Palookaville is a 1995 crime comedy film about a trio of burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin, starring William Forsythe, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese and Frances McDormand and directed by Alan Taylor. The writing is a free interpretation of three short stories by Italo Calvino Plot. Sid, Russ and Jerry are three wannabe criminals looking for easy money to break out of their nowhere lives. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence, they are convinced they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin  out of control all around them. Reception. Critical response. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 64% based on reviews from 11 critics (7 positive, 4 negative) with an average rating of 6.4/10. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4. SFGate.com called it "a fine little independent film loaded with character and deserving of wider distribution."