Kristine
Kevin Spacey is my favorite actor of all time, he is without a doubt on other's lists as well when it comes to great actors. He even pulled off a good Irish accent in Ordinary Decent Criminal as well. But Kevin Spacey, as a Mafia leader? Or even a burglar? I'm not so sure he could go that far. The movie to me just didn't make any sense and the some of the story just didn't feel solved to me.I know once again that IMDb is going to make me write ten more lines. But I'm not so sure on what I could say about this movie because I am still trying to figure it out. Silly, isn't it? But I'm pretty sure that more than a few of you IMDb users have been in the same predicament as I am in right now where you just want to say a line or two about a movie, but now you have to do ten lines? Wow, that should do it. :D 3/10
Troy (Troy2Slick)
I had pretty high expectations when I went into seeing this movie. With the likes of Kevin Spacey and Colin Farrel, why wouldn't anyone expect greatness? Instead, I was reduced to watching a cheesy movie with the most god awful Irish accents I've ever heard in any movie, period. Kevin Spacey can NOT pull off an Irish accent to save his life and he made a huge mistake in taking this movie project.It wasn't my cup of tea and I absolutely hated this movie. I gave it a 5 out of 10 for the simple fact that outside of the cheesy accents and dialog, the plot and acting was semi-decent.Was that enough to salvage this garbage heap of a film? By all means, NO! Stay away from this stinker, even if you are a HUGE Kevin Spacey film. Go rent K-Pax instead, you won't be disappointed in that gem of a film.
harpsgrl
Go see the The General, the story this movie is based on. The General is much better and acted. The ending not plausible in this film plus Kevin's accident annoying. I know they changed the names of the real people giving them "license" to mess with the facts but this is still the story of The General, a criminal who gave no second thought to murder and torture. I can't believe anyone would want to try and imply this man was noble. I found Kevin's accent distracting. He is a good mimic but keeping the Dublin accent going for an entire film was more than he could handle. One positive about the film, Kevin was impressed with the work of a mainly unknown actor named Colin Farrell and helped spread the word around the U.S. film community about him.
Travis_Bickle01
Very amusing crime comedy with Kevin Spacey as the star of the show. We already knew that Spacey is capable of playing any role and also in this movie he truly delivers. Kevin Spacey is Michael Lynch, an ordinary decent criminal who loves playing some games with the cops. I think you can compare him to Thomas Crown (performed by Steve McQueen in 1968 and by Pierce Brosnan in the remake 31 years later). A criminal, a gentleman and womaniser in one person.Kevin Spacey was excellently casted as the male lead. Furthermore we see Linda Fiorentino as Lynch's wife, Peter Mullan ("My Name Is Joe") as Spacey's right hand and a very small part for Colin Farrell. The story is very well written and it contains a lot of twist. A must see for a Saturday night. Not a deep or difficult story, just fine Saturday night entertainment.Recommendable! 7,5/10
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