Criminal
A con-man movie with an ending that falls flat. Good acting and some decent dialogue save it from complete mediocrity. My grade: C+
Synopsis: The story of an extremely odd couple: a young Latino man who will do anything for his family and a 30-something scheming white guy who will do anything TO his family. One wants to save his father. The other wants to get rich, in any way possible. So when they come across one of the most valuable pieces of currency in U.S. history, they're suddenly stuck together, and that's just...criminal. All they have to do is sell it, which is where the real problems begin. And of course the only way out is family: the one person who can help them, hates them: the schemer's sister. (via Yahoo)
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Writer: Gregory Jacobs and Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies and Videotape) based on the film Nine Queens
Stars: John C. Reilly (The Aviator), Diego Luna (The Terminal), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Mona Lisa Smile), Peter Mullan (Trainspotting)
Synopsis: The story of an extremely odd couple: a young Latino man who will do anything for his family and a 30-something scheming white guy who will do anything TO his family. One wants to save his father. The other wants to get rich, in any way possible. So when they come across one of the most valuable pieces of currency in U.S. history, they're suddenly stuck together, and that's just...criminal. All they have to do is sell it, which is where the real problems begin. And of course the only way out is family: the one person who can help them, hates them: the schemer's sister. (via Yahoo)
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Writer: Gregory Jacobs and Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies and Videotape) based on the film Nine Queens
Stars: John C. Reilly (The Aviator), Diego Luna (The Terminal), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Mona Lisa Smile), Peter Mullan (Trainspotting)
3 Comments:
You said the movie had been rescued from complete medicority, and then gave it a "C+," which means quite nearly "completely mediocre."
I generally go with Yahoo's descriptions of the letter grades.
For interest's sake, they are...
A+ Oscar Worthy
A Outstanding
A- Almost Perfect
B+ Memorable
B Good
B- Fair
C+ Flawed but worthy
C Mediocre
C- Disappointing
D+ Poor Effort
D Dreadful
D- Truly Awful
F All-Time Worst
I like that you write about movies, but I would like it even better if you gave it more input than a grade average. Good blog though!
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