Maybe if I had seen this movie at the age of 12, I would understand its charm; at 70 I do not. Dressing up a cast of prepubescent children as gangsters and gun molls raises only one question: Why? Neither the score, written by the legendary Paul Williams, nor the dialogue seems sufficiently satirical to generate much laughter. Watching the children perform is like watching a lengthened "Little Rascals" comedy in color and with a bigger budget. The movie seems like a one-trick pony that tires quickly, and there is something eerie about the whole show, especially Jodie Foster's turn as the seductress Tallulah.