Apparently taking his inspiration from the Italian caper film Big Deal On Madonna Street, Woody Allen wrote and directed this amusing crime comedy about a group of rather minor crooks who plan to rob a bank by tunneling into it from a shop than makes cookies. Naturally things don't go exactly to plan.
Allen put together his usual fine cast for this film. Tracey Ullman plays his wife an ex stripper who finds out she has a real knack for baking gourmet cookies. Elaine May is her rather clueless cookie baking associate. Hugh Grant is an art dealer who Ullman uses to gain access to the socially elite of New York City.
Woody Allen brings his usual film making skills to tell this story. The film isn't laugh out loud funny but it does have it's moments and Ullman and Allen play off of each other very well.
This is the type of material Allen did early in his career before he moved onto what I guess would be films with more substance. In some ways it's almost a relief to see Allen do some that is not so pretentious and not shot in black and white.
The running time is 95 minutes.
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