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Flypaper stops short of indie coolness

DVD Flypaper. Directed by Rob Minkoff. Starring Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd.

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Flypaper. Directed by Rob Minkoff. Starring Patrick Dempsey and Ashley Judd. Rating: 4 (out of 10)

IN this crime caper run amok, Patrick Dempsey stars as Tripp, a suave bank customer who strolls up to Kaitlyn and asks for change of $100 - in quarters, dime and nickels.

Their repartee is interrupted by not one bank robbery, but two simultaneously. There are the polished guys with all the Mission Impossible gear and the country bumpkins who can barely remember the nicknames they came up with especially for the heist.

This marginally funny film aspires to indie coolness but suffers from a silly soundtrack and over-the-top characters that are better suited to kid movies (Home Alone, anyone?) than adult fare. Judd and Dempsey do their best with the material, which is weak and maybe even a little offensive to those suffering from OCD. Only big Dempsey fans should grab this one.

Soundbites are the only extras on the standard disc.