Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- breezy
- irreverent
- lazy sunday
- light comedy night
What critics said
Critics generally found the overlapping heist-and-revenge farce underwritten, tepid, and lacking effective comic energy, despite one favorable notice praising its laughs and triumph-over-evil storyline.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Three bank employees separately plan to rob the same bank without knowing about one another, creating the film's central mechanism.
The bank and revenge plot unfold in a small deserted town where the unusual isolation supports the overlapping schemes.
A clothing store employee plots against a local millionaire, and the revenge motive is folded into the film's farcical crime framework.
Sheila, Shmally, Jason, Max, and Rick are connected through independent plans targeting the same criminal opportunity or local antagonist.
Films like Scorched, and why
Big Deal on Madonna Street
ensemble crime comedy built around overlapping schemes and comic misunderstandings
The Ladykillers
lighthearted heist plotting, eccentric criminals, and farcical reversals
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
interlocking crime plans and broad comic timing in a caper framework
Movie Details
- Director
- Gavin Grazer
- Release Date
- 2003-05-17
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (136)
Cast
- Alicia Silverstone
- Rachael Leigh Cook
- Woody Harrelson
- John Cleese
- David Krumholtz
- Joshua Leonard
- Ivan Sergei
- Paulo Costanzo
- Marcus Thomas
- Jeffrey Tambor
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Scorched about?
- A mischievous small-town bank caper spirals into comic confusion when three employees unknowingly attempt the same robbery while a separate revenge scheme takes shape.
- What is Scorched like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Scorched as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Scorched violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Scorched as mild.
- What did critics think of Scorched?
- Critics generally found the overlapping heist-and-revenge farce underwritten, tepid, and lacking effective comic energy, despite one favorable notice praising its laughs and triumph-over-evil storyline.
- Which films are like Scorched?
- Films with a similar feel include Big Deal on Madonna Street, The Ladykillers, and The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.
- How long is Scorched?
- Scorched runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Scorched?
- In United States, Scorched streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
