A Bag of Hammers

...the film has an earnest quality that asserts itself more and more as it sputters along, and the men reveal more personal reasons to insert themselves into the boy’s life.

Lightly likable, if finally flimsy...

'A Bag of Hammers' is well shot and well acted.

...is actually scruffy and sweet, thanks to a nicely underplayed turn by Chandler Canterbury as the kid, Kelsey, and the chemistry between Jason Ritter and Jake Sandvig as hipster grifters Ben and Alan.

The film has charm and plenty of heart, but as gracefully as it moves in its first half hour, it never regains its footing after that.