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# Winter ‘Harvest’ produces less laughs than were expected
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/you-keep-yours-to-yourself/
- Published: 2005-11-23T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:14:13.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

“Grosse Point Blank” meets “Trapped in Paradise” in director Harold Ramis’ sordid dramedy about a Christmas Eve swindle gone wrong in icy Wichita Falls, Kansas. John Cusack is the sleazy mob lawyer and Billy Bob Thornton the strip club owner who conspire to swipe $2 million from their boss (Randy Quaid, in a small yet memorable performance), only to be waylaid by inclement weather. The laughs aren’t as plentiful as expected considering the key players’ track records, with almost all of the yuckity-yuks coming courtesy of Oliver Platt’s drunken rabble-rouser. But the plot, familiar to anyone who’s ever seen a heist movie, contains enough tasty stuffing to satisfy, and the stellar cast certainly deliver the goods. Connie Nielsen is an absolute knock-out as the classic femme fatale.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 23, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/112305.pdf?ref=smdp.com)