Mathew is a very bad actor.

Matthew McConaughey is an underrated actor. It wouldn't be half as interesting if it wasn't all true, though.

Not bad but quite boring.

It was an odd film. I like the actors, and there were many parts I enjoyed. But it was just so difficult to swallow on so many levels that it became completely engaging. First the soundtrack was horrible in that it had no rhyme or reason, the movie would come to a sad scene and the soundtrack would go to a comic theme? Also on illogical, most of the movie characters were running at each other and beating eachother up with loaded guns. Then only when they could miss would characters shoot.

young guys with guns and a still straight skeet ulrich, you can tell this is mid ninties

Good film.

McConaughey, Ulrich, Hawke and D'onofrio all provide solid performances

An okay crime drama; nowhere near Linklater's best.

Made excessively interesting by being true. While this has some slow spots (stupid collage of exploding safes & falling money, even mushy romance) it still manages to be pretty entertaining, although i cant say exactly why. Perhaps its the giddy rationalization for robbery.