zippyone99
Attracted by the cast, I was sorely disappointed.The acting felt like some poor, second rate 'Murder She Wrote' tribute, stretched into an hour and a half.There are so many better movies to watch, given the time.
atconsul
To think I once watched Tim Roth on stage in the lead of Metamorphosis, and now he has actually turned into a dung beetle. Uma Thurman has quite a pedigree, too, and Steven Fry is an electric performer, even it it's not obvious what kind of role he should try acting in.Put them together in a comedy and it's bound to be a romp, right? Er, no. Cobbling a few ideas together from the Pink Panther, add some merry pranks in drug- and alcohol- fuelled craziness and get Roth to say the F-word in every line staggering around as a stock lush, let Uma do a camp version of her femme fatale forte, and sprinkle in Fry with a pet boy,.Hilarious yes? No. Add a little gratuitous violence and some lesbian action to make sure we're up to date. Can't fail? Yes it can.The only question left is, does this review contain spoilers? No idea as I'm not sure what if anything was left to reveal as the plot (?) unfurls (?unravels?).Clearly the producers share my view of their awful investment, which is why they have tried to release this film in only a few places which, lacking British English native speakers, may even think this was funny to British English native speakers. Also no.One star because I laughed once by accident. I misunderstood a gag and it seemed funny till I realised.
spaceflight_uk
I've said it so many times - "It doesn't matter who the director is, who stars in it (and here there are so many talented people) or how good the special effects may be - if it doesn't have a decent script then it will be rubbish."
Here's the proof.At one point, Tim Roth's character says; "The charm of this little escapade is rapidly wearing thin."
That really sums it up.
Ian
There's a great script here struggling to get out. Alas, it fails to even open the door.Writer/director! When will producers learn!? I'm guessing Never so we continue to be plagued by these half-a**ed screenplays that desperately need a 2nd or 3rd eye to curb the writer's sense of brilliance! (That's irony for our American friends.)Let's start with the title. It's not a movie about a con. Jesus! C'mon guys, at least get the terminology right. It's more a sort of comedy caper/heist movie, but it's not even that.The worst character by far is Tim Roth's Peter. No doubt Roth enjoyed playing him although it would be as challenging as waking up in the morning. He's so lacking in couth it's absolutely impossible to imagine he could ever have gotten involved with Alice Eve or Uma Thurman, zany and cracked though their characters may be.Maggie Q must have had a similar challenge with her character.Highlight of the movie is Stephen Fry playing, well, Stephen Fry's "Dear boy" character, but he does it so naturally and so well. Although not a major character he does help redeem it from the pit.It's not totally unwatchable. Well, if you're looking for a good plot or well-defined characters or well, anything, then it is...Okay, it has good production values and a stellar cast but they're simply wasted, wasted, wasted.I didn't think it was quite as bad as other reviews suggest which I find hard to believe! But it is extremely disappointing.
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