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The Out-Laws
Romance · Action · Comedy · 2023
A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.
Movie details
The Out-Laws
“Meeting the in-laws has never been this dangerous.”
2023 Romance · Action · Comedy 1h 35m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
5.4 / 10
40.8K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
19 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
36 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A straight-laced bank manager is about to marry the love of his life. When his bank is held up by infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws who just arrived in town, are the infamous Out-Laws.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Out-Laws?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Tyler Spindel
Written by
Evan Turner · Ben Zazove
Adam Devine
Owen Browning
Nina Dobrev
Parker McDermott
Pierce Brosnan
Billy McDermott
Ellen Barkin
Lilly McDermott
Julie Hagerty
Margie Browning
Richard Kind
Neil Browning
Michael Rooker
Agent Oldham
Court is in session
Put The Out-Laws on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“Speed as an alibi.”
The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.