It's 2013. Spencer Reinhard (Barry Keoghan) is an aspiring artist from Lexington, Kentucky. His friend Warren Lipka (Evan Peters) is an uninspired athletic scholarship student. Spencer goes on a tour of the library at Transylvania University where he sees a valuable Audubon book. He tells Warren about the book who starts pushing to steal the relatively unguarded treasure. Warren becomes unstoppable in pushing the group to pull off the scheme inspired by various movies.

This true crime drama is enticing not for any belief that the co-conspirators would ever get away with the crime. There is a possibility that one of more of them would abandon the plans but these American idiots' faulty fates are never in doubt. The structure of using the 'real' people in this true crime drama is quite effective. It's so effective that I wouldn't mind it doing a Fargo. I really like the chemistry with the two leads. It's solid acting from these actors.

This is a true story which is re-enacted by actors but told documentary style by the real characters involved. Four college kids plan a robbery of rare books from Transylvania University in Lexington...and not too well. The characters were on the boring side. Dialogue likewise but you to sleep. And robberies that don't go that well, don't make great cinema. Rather than try to make this realistic, they should have added some Hollywood action/drama and maybe make one of the characters a girl...like a fitness instructor and race car driver.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Let's get one thing clear: The main characters seem to be anything but smart or clever for that matter. Having written that, there surely are people with less intelligence out there. And the fact they are not acting in a way one would feel is good, only heightens the experience the movie gives us. And it is an experience that breaks the fourth wall. Because while it acts like a documentary and the actors talk directly to the viewer, it is not.

So the structure of the movie is quite clever contrary to the main characters here. This more than just funny, it is hillarious. It is also a movie that will not have a broad audience, just because of the way it was made and because it is "special" (interest). So if that sounds like something that is interesting to you, take a chance and give it a go