The con is on.
Colin Firth is an art curator and Cameron Diaz as a Texas rodeo queen, teaming up to con his abusive boss (Alan Rickman) into buying a fake Monet painting. Written by the Coen brothers, adapting Michael Caine’s 1966 comedy crime caper.
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With its eccentric names (Shahbandar), double entendres and slap(stick) and tickle, it’s easy to see what drew the Coen boys to remaking Ronald Neame’s The Pink Panther-meets-The Thomas Crown Affair tale. But while the opening Fritz Freleng-inspired animated credits scream 1960s, this Trans-Atlantic update’s sensibilities are far more in line with the noughties' Duplicity or The Matador. More
Although Rickman deliciously hams it up as Gambit's repulsive billionaire, Firth is hardly stretched in the hapless Englishman role and Diaz is all Daisy Dukes and drawl. Tom Courtenay’s voiceover is also something of a distraction, an extra level of abstraction the film could have done without.
Director Hoffman keeps the action zipping along, while also throwing in some nice match shots and choreographed set pieces (one sequence involving multiple rooms at the Savoy Hotel is a true highlight).
Slighter and fluffier than the original, this Gambit does allow the Coens to showcase their ability to find just the right level of farce, tasteful nudity and general shenanigans for the film to not outstay its welcome, while admittedly not lingering long in the memory. Hide
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The Coen brothers' script is a major let-down, and the director seems to be on auto-pilot. There are a few laughs to be had, but Colin Firth and Alan Rickman seem bored, and Cameron Diaz's cringe-worthy attempt at a southern accent makes this a very forgettable film.
Big laughs are missing. This just about gets away with it rather than romps off with the loot. Full review.
An awful lot of talent has been put to waste here. Full review.
Even with a script by the Coen brothers, this contemporary London caper movie falls far short of its potential even as a lightweight comic romp. Full review.
Make it stop! Oh please just make it stop! Full review.
[A] leaden, lethargic affair, based on a 10-year-old script by the Coen brothers that feels like a first draft at best. Full review.
Middling in every respect. Full review.
Yup. Sure. Definitely.
Colin Firth suddenly looks old! Is this a remake of the old 60s film, "Gambit" ?
@Bryce - yes indeed sir, it is.
Can't wait to see it - hope it will be released here in NZ soon.!!!
Looks like one of the few movies that are worth going to the cinema for! Why? It stars Alan Rickman! When will it be released?
It's crap but Rickman and Tucci - I'll be going to see it
The first 20 minutes are promising but it just never really takes off. It's not very often I give up on a movie but 35 minutes was my limit.
Sucked to be honest