Off beat comedy crime drama that is nominally about the Boston art robbery from ---- that still remains unsolved. The reality is it is a look at a bunch of guys who are on the fringes who are just trying to get out of their own way.
The plot of the film has a hood (Paul Guilfoyle) making the acquaintance of a security guard in an art museum (Taylor Gray). He’s deeply in debt and Guilfoyle has an offer for him that could solve his problem.
This is a small gem of a film that isn’t what you expect. I don’t think the trailer or the official write ups do this justice. The reality is this film that is its own thing. It doesn’t really follow the typical plot lines and instead give us a collection of atypical characters who don’t do the typical gangster sort of things. Actually this plays closer to life than the movies with everyone being people rather than characters.
Honestly I had a blast with this. I loved the characters and I loved that we weren’t going down the same crime riddled road that most other American gangster film gives us. We aren’t watching a film full of cliched characters.
Is this the greatest thing since sliced bread? No, but god damn is it entertaining.
I should give one word of warning, that while the film is billed as a comedy it’s not fall down funny. There are some off kilter laughs, but it’s not a straight comedy. Its also not a straight on thriller either, as I said it is its own thing.
Recommended
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