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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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.
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[A] leaden, lethargic affair, based on a 10-year-old script by the Coen brothers that feels like a first draft at best.
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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.
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Big laughs are missing. This just about gets away with it rather than romps off with the loot.
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