Two elderly criminals spend their final night in Los Angeles, California at the Golden Eagle Hotel prior to their departure to Las Vegas, Nevada, to lead a life without crime. Unfortunately, on the hottest night of the summer, these two ex-criminals seemingly get caught in the malice of prostitutes, pimps, drunken bums, fighting monkeys, and young runaways.
Another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues.
– Jan Stuart,
Newsday,
26 Apr 2002
rotten:
The director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in [the characters'] misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
26 Apr 2002
rotten:
Never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
26 Apr 2002
rotten:
These are textbook lives of quiet desperation.
– Chuck Wilson,
L.A. Weekly,
29 Apr 2002
rotten:
One just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters.