The cast of Welcome to Collinwood are the strongest recommendations for the movie: Sam Rockwell (who I find strangely attractive), Patricia Clarkson, William H. Macy and an extended cameo from George Clooney, an absolute hoot as a wheel-chair bound, tattooed safe-cracking expert (strangely the poster, above, gives prominence to Clooney's character, a rather underhand way to market this movie, and the quote that reads 'absolutely hilarious' is just wrong). This is an ensemble piece that aspires to the cool of Ocean's Eleven (it's produced by Steven Soderbergh) and the quirk of the Coen brother's ouevre, but doesn't manage either. A heist movie about a rag-bag collection of criminals, brought together by greed and a lack of anything else better to do, Welcome to Collinwood features the lead up to the job, and the job itself. Not a lot actually happens. I think this is supposed to be one of those films that's a little bit quirky, but which comes off as pedestrian, perhaps even a little dull in places. The fault lies with the script - it's just not funny enough. There is an excellent cast and an ok premise, but both are wasted by try hard oddball antics. I didn't dislike the movie, I just didn't care enough about the characters or the outcome of the heist. At least Sam Rockwell got a gratuitous just-clad-in-pants shot, and got to show off some hot guns.
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