Despite its intriguing title, this film has nothing whatsoever to do with "Dark Shadows"; Collinwood is an area in Cleveland, Ohio.Mainly, the film involves "down-and-out working stiffs" Sam Rockwell (as Pero), Michael Jeter (as Toto), Isaiah Washington (as Leon), William H. Macy (as Riley), and Andy Davoli (as Basil). They plan "the BIG heist" - but things go comically wrong. Of the other players, George Clooney (as Jerzy) stands out - or, would that be sits out? - as an expert the gang of five hires, for $500, to learn safe-cracking. It's quite nice that Mr. Jeter's performance is a highlight, since this is one of his last. If only this comedy "re-make" of the Italian "I soliti ignoti" were funnier… ***** Welcome to Collinwood (2002) Anthony & Joe Russo ~ Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, George Clooney

Cosimo (Luis Guzmán) is told in prison about a perfect heist.Since he's behind bars and can't do it himself he has to leave it to his girl Rosalind (Patricia Clarkson).Soon there are five guys organizing the crime- five guys with very little brain capacity.Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo are the directors of Welcome to Collinwood (2002).It's a crime comedy that's often very funny.You can't help but laughing when everything goes wrong with these guys.There are some great actors playing these characters.William H.Macy plays Riley.Isaiah Washington is Leon.Sam Rockwell is Pero.Michael Jeter is Toto.Andy Davoli is Basil.Gabrielle Union plays his love interest Michelle.Jennifer Esposito plays Pero's love interest Carmela.George Clooney (also producer) plays Jerzy, the tattooed guy in a wheelchair.This is a highly entertaining flick.I certainly recommend it.

This movie is very hilarious, and it has a great compilation of actors like William H. Macy which always have perform this kind of roles, maybe his most representative, Fargo; and George Clooney which is a very good actor showing his comedian work in brothers Cohen film "Oh brother, where art thou?" which results to be one of my favorite movies ever! But it's been hard to find "Welcome to Collinwood", here in Mexico. My city lacks of good places where to buy some good films. I tried to buy it at Blockbuster but they don't know it by the original name, so maybe it will be a little easier to find if I have the name they gave to it in Mexico, do someone knows it?, because I can't remember! Cheers. A.

Silly, hilarious, tragic, sad, inevitable.A group of down-and-outs team up with a "seasoned" crook to elevate themselves out of their poverty. Great idea...if you ignore the screwup factor.Nice to see George Clooney doing something genuinely funny for a change. The casting is perfect and the acting standards very high. Although it could be said that the motley crew subject isn't new, I think this movie handles it in an interesting and unique way. Sufficiently so that it stands out from what has gone before.Very well done guys.