Welcome to Collinwood

Salon by Charles Taylor

A bigger problem is that since the movie is a straight remake that reprises many of the original's scenes, we have those scenes playing in our heads, and the Russos' execution just isn't up to Monicelli's. It's painful to see gags that worked so beautifully fall flat, or wither and die because of indifferent timing.

Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach

Clearly a spiritual descendant of the old Looney Toons cartoons; it's not hard to imagine Daffy, Bugs, Porky and their pals in the starring roles here. And that's a cinematic pedigree worth cherishing.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

The farce is energetically written, breezily acted, and never quite as dumb as the lunkheads it's about.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

This ensemble comedy has its inventively funny moments. But ultimately, it gets a little too cute for its own good.

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

The climactic sight gag is lifted from Monicelli's movie like a diamond from a jeweler's window.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Populated by a great ensemble cast and oozing a grubby sort of charm.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Liam Lacey

Filled with a sweet, loopy sensibility and some fresh comic turns, Welcome to Collinwood is a low-budget American film that falls into the good-but-slight category.

Los Angeles Times by Manohla Dargis

There isn't much else to the film beyond slapstick antics and professional gloss, but the results are diverting enough, in great measure because it's essentially a scene-by-scene remake Mario Monicelli's 1958 satire, "Big Deal on Madonna Street."

New York Post by Megan Lehmann

Doesn't have the polish of "Ocean's Eleven" - but it does have George Clooney.

Variety by Todd McCarthy

Anthony and Joe Russo place too much faith in the ability of their talented thesps to carry the day over precariously thin material.