With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.
Neither ambitious nor particularly memorable, but it's brought off with a sly flair that makes it most enjoyable.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
5 Oct 2008
fresh:
Not likely to set the world alight, but a neat and engaging little comedy of bad manners.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
There is not much in Quick Change that hasn't been anticipated by Neil Simon and beaten to death by countless imitators. Mr. Murray's film is at the worn-out end of this bloodline.
– Caryn James,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
Bill Murray dresses up as a clown to take hostages and rob a New York bank. Funny? Guess again.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
fresh:
Despite the fact that Change lags and lopes along toward an inevitable, trite conclusion, it also leaves itself wide open for funny moments.