Skills Like This

Top 10 Billed Cast

Spencer Berger
Spencer Berger

Max

Brian D. Phelan
Brian D. Phelan

Tommy

Gabriel Tigerman
Gabriel Tigerman

Dave

Kerry Knuppe
Kerry Knuppe

Lucy

Jennifer Batter
Jennifer Batter

Lauren

Ned Bellamy
Ned Bellamy

Uncle Morris

Marta Martin
Marta Martin

Rosa

Zach Cumer
Zach Cumer

Cousin Jeramiah

Danielle Arnold
Danielle Arnold

Onion Dance Player

Donna Dewey
Donna Dewey

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    Max Solomon faces the awful truth that he will never be a writer. So, in a desperate attempt to find his true calling, he turns to crime. In this inventive comedy, three friends have their lives turned upside down when one of them realizes that larceny might be his best skill.

  • Release Date

    2007-03-10

  • Average

    5.1

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    Everybody Wants to be Somebody

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English

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