
Skills Like This
2007-03-10 · 86 min · ★ 5.1
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.
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- Directors
- Monty Miranda
- Production companies
- Elsboy Entertainment
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Spencer BergerMax
Gabriel TigermanDave
Kerry KnuppeLucy
Jennifer BatterLauren
Ned BellamyUncle Morris
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