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Promising young actors doing a good job. The cinematography is very good, the direction decent. If the message is that crime is not easy and not worth it, the film succeeds, once the viewer gets past the almost incredible stupidity of the main characters. The problem is that they are not likeable or interesting enough, just some bored college kids.

I could feel Stephen Fry in the leading role, that's how good Roger Allam is. He also carried the movie through the slow beginning. The story is intriguing, fun, sad, and happy, all at the same time. It's a shame I hadn't heard of it until I happened upon it while browsing the free section of Amazon Prime. Well worth a watch, as long as one is not very religious or uptight.

The acting is not too bad and there are some good shots, but the script is extremely thin and completely predictable every step of the way. Having a relatively low budget is no excuse for the lack of character depth, and the ending is just plain silly.