Yeah, I'm aware that this one has always had an absolutely abysmal reputation, but it's got too many of my cinematic vices (a crime story, some dark comedy, and Joe Pesci, to name three) for me not to have been a little curious. And it's probably thanks to those vices that I didn't hate the movie as much as most people seem to.
Granted, that's not to say that I liked it. The movie never quite manages to live up to its amusingly gruesome premise, the plot's too convoluted, a lot of the comedy doesn't land (especially the more exaggerated moments, which fly in the face of the darker subject matter), and Andy Comeau is just terrible as the co-lead. No offense to the guy, but pretty much anybody else would've been better suited for that role.
Again, though, the crime-comedy elements were generally my speed, especially when the movie wasn't afraid to get a little weird and macabre (the two best examples being the "Mr. Sandman" dream sequence and the instance where an obnoxious character suddenly gets thrown from a vehicle off a cliff). I'm verging on calling this one underrated, but that's not necessarily a hill I'd be willing to die on.
Grade: B-
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