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Entertainment
Mark Meszoros

Movie review: 'The Out-Laws' earns laughs but doesn't capitalize on strong cast

If you're going to make a half-baked action-comedy, have the decency to put some enjoyable actors in it.

That's what the makers of "The Out-Laws" — debuting on Netflix this week — have done, with a cast led by Adam DeVine and veteran performers Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin.

Whenever the family-forward bank-heist romp threatens to run aground, one of the three — or a member of the decent supporting cast, with Lil Rel Howery and other recognizable folks — so puts his or her back into selling a line or a moment that you can't quite quit this movie.

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