Chain of Fools (2000)

Directors:

Pontus Löwenhielm
Patrick von Krusenstjerna

Writer (WGA):

Bix Skahill (written by)

Release Date:

22 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Why should smart people get all the money?

Plot:

Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

Plot Keywords:

Babysitting | Barbershop | Coin | Dog Bite | Dog

Cast

Steve Zahn	...	Thomas Kresk
Salma Hayek	...	Sgt. Meredith Kolko
Jeff Goldblum	...	Zachory Seymour Avnet
Elijah Wood	...	Mikey
David Cross	...	Andy Brower
Tom Wilkinson	...	Robert Bollingsworth
Orlando Jones	...	Jerome / Miss Cocoa
Kevin Corrigan	...	Paulie Haas
David Hyde Pierce	...	Frederick Kerner
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Karen Kresk
John Cassini	...	Henchman
Michael Rapaport	...	Hitman
Myndy Crist	...	Jeannie Smith
Craig Ferguson	...	Melander Stevens
Devin Douglas Drewitz	...	Scottie Smith (as Devin Drewitz)

Also Known As:

Shiny New Enemies (USA) (working title)
Cadena de errores (Mexico) (DVD title) [es]
Cadena de tontos (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Enredos en cadena (Spain) [es]
Kullan kiilto silmissä (Finland) [fi]
Roubos & Trapaças (Brazil) (alternative spelling) [pt]
Roubos e Trapaças (Brazil) [pt]
Verbrecher und andere Chaoten (Germany) (DVD title) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Sweden:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | USA:R (certificate #37280) | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Bel Air Entertainment

Quotes:

Mikey: You wanna go see a show? We should go see "Cats"...that's a good show!

Soundtrack:

By the River

Entertaining? Well...

Ok, before I begin, I'd like to say that I'm a fan of Elijah Wood and the fact that he's in it made me bought this movie. And surprisingly, I enjoyed the movie and all its characters instead of just Elijah Wood's.

The entire movie is actually based on a somewhat simple plot but there are so many people involved in it, and with all the flashbacks you can actually see how they're related to one another, which cracked me up.

The movie is funny in its own simple ways. I wouldn't label it as 'slapstick' immediately because obviously there's a plot clinging on to it and the movie follows that plot.

There were loads of funny moments. When Andy, the Timberscout (David Cross) began insulting Miss Cocoa (Orlando Jones) and when Boilingsworth (Tom Wilkinson) tripped while walking from his car to meet Avnet (Jeff Goldblum).

For reasons not related to my liking for Elijah Wood (hey dudes, they simply ARE funny), I most liked the parts when hitman Mikey (Elijah Wood) repeated to Kresk (Steve Zahn) "I didn't mean to brag, but do you know about Senator Dove..." when in fact... (uh, you'll have to watch the movie to find out). the part when he cried was kind of out of the blue and the snotty man looked so strange then.

The show is entertaining, but the video is probably not attractive enough to be picked up by non-fans of the cast. 7 stars