All of the women were "hoodrats", (term borrowed from an IMDb boards user; it isn't my own... ) which was a shame, because they didn't need to be. Why does the only black main character who has any kind of class or sophistication have to be a GUY?! (In a film that's primarily about four women, no less!) I'm pretty sure it does a great disservice to the many black women out there who do manage to be articulate whatever their circumstances happen to be.... and don't tell me that if they weren't hoodrats then they wouldn't be robbing banks. People at the end of their tether do desperate things. (John Q. for example; again a guy.) The film was good and enjoyable, but they had a big chance to give us some intelligent female characterisations for a change; only with the dialogue they gave them to speak, they blew it.

I watched this film a long time ago (aprox 10 years or so) and liked it then. I remembered it the other day and decided to watch it again. The second time around was not pleasant. The acting is 'so,so', the plot is illogical, unreasonable and predictable.The acting...I'm sure it wasn't a stretch for those actresses to play those characters. The plot...there's no way in hell those women would have gotten away with the first robbery much less the 2nd. (side note: Why did TT not realise that even if she came up with a load of money for her court date they would ask where she got it and she would have no logical answer! Ding, Ding...we have a crook!). It horribly stereotyped black women in saying basically that the only way black women can 'beat the system' or obtain a large amount of money was to steal it and not use their intelligence or other resources. It plays too much on sympathy b/c all of them die in the end (bar Jada) but it's not sad (you're thinking 'They were so stupid; they deserve to die). You just don't really care about the characters unless you're a shallow person.I can't believe this film rates over a 5.

This movie was not worth watching, and I saw it for free.Yes, these women are in an unfortunate situation, but the whole movie was just stupid. Queen Latifah is not a good actor, whether she's some crazy taxi driver with a tricked out cab, or a lesbian gangster-type, she's unconvincing and at times, the overacting is almost humorous.There were so many errors and just purely unbelievable aspects to this film, particularly the criminal aspects. The reckless, stupid fashion in which they commit their crimes should have gotten them arrested after the first, maybe second robbery, yet somehow they managed to keep going and goingHow this movie managed over five stars, or how it made people cry about the characters (according to a forum topic) is beyond me. Save yourself the trouble of the bloody tears that will inevitably follow this cinematic abortion.

I saw this movie probably when i was very young. I think it was on cable when i saw it so so many parts are cut out that it's really not like watching the whole movie.First of all let me say that this movie is one of my absolute favorites. i hadn't seen this movie for a couple of years so when i was flipping through the channels and saw the title it sounded familiar so i figured i would watch it. Some parts had me laughing my head off and others had me scared. Like when Stevie is leaving Lorenz's apartment and they think he is Lorenz I was hugging my pillow so hard! Then at the end when none of them want to rob another bank but T.T. needs it for her court date and Stony wants to get the hell out of that town i knew something bad was gonna happen.At the bank everything seems fine but then they set off the silent alarm and the cops come in. They try to reason with them but then the security cop come is shooting and fatally wounding one (i'm not gonna tell u who and ruin the ending) it turns to total chaos and a high speed chase resulting in two more deaths.In the end only one girl is left with all the money that she doesn't even really want ne more and no friends because they were all killed. However i just wanna say one more thing. None of them went out without a fight. i think that is a great show of courage, granted it is their own fault for robbing banks but the way they went out showed so much bravery and courage it had me crying for at lest a half an hour.People should so watch this movie!!!!!