Worth Seeing: Yes
Stars(out of 5): 2.5
So yeah I think a 5 star rating system is the best so I think going forward I will stick with that.
The Gist:
This movie was an ok con artist movie but frankly, with Will Smith I expected more. It was fun but ultimately nothing new here and so very average.
The Full Review(Spoilers):
So I recently watched Focus. A con artist movie about will smith who is the lead and a very cool con artist. This movie was actually not bad if you like that sort of thing. They set up some cool cons, but most were pretty boring and just the same, distraction for pickpockets.
Outside of those there were very many good things going for this movie. Will Smith is one of them. The big cons were another. These were really good and even had me going.
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Especially the gambling one. The movie brilliantly sets up Will Smiths character as having a gambling problem but then he turns that into a con and totally had me fooled and turned around a horrible part into a great one.
The big con in the end was pretty much up as soon as he was shot I knew it was the Tijuana thing he mentioned at the beginning of the movie.
Another thing going for it was the girl. The girl in this movie played it well. And going in I obviously was thinking ok he's teaching her so she is part of a con on him but he knows and will turn it around in the end. This was not the case at all as she was an amateur and truly stayed that way. Comically so(you're better than watches!).
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Another good thing was Will Smiths fat friend. He was great comic relief and actually refreshing because he was just a funny guy and it didn't seem like scripted comic relief. Which was a plus.
Wow after writing this review I think I should change my score. But really though this movie does a lot right, but I always felt it just wasn't enough and it stayed so average the whole time. Anyway let me know what you think. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mind frame to see a movie when I watched it. I think its worth a view but not something that will become re-watchable.