Genre: Drama
Directed by Benjamin Caron
Written byBrian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka
Produced by Julianne Moore, Alessandro Tanaka, Brian Gatewood, Bart Freundlich, Erik Feig, Jessica Switch
Starring: Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, Briana Middleton & John Lithgow.
Cinematography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Edited by Yan Miles
Music by Clint Mansell
Production companies: Apple Original Films, Picturestart, IAC Films
Distributed by: Apple TV+, A24
The plot: Motivations are suspect, and expectations are turned upside down, as a con artist takes on Manhattan billionaires.
This movie was not that good in my opinion.
Pros: I liked how they showed each character’s journey each through 5 chapters. Max was the most intriguing character to me out of the other 4. All of the acting was solid and I like how well this film was so put together was it came to its pacing.
Cons: Throughout the film got difficult to wrap my head around what’s going on. The plot itself does get convoluted. I felt the final confrontation concluded having tom death did feel like a cop-out.
The Casts:
- Julianne Moore as Madeline
- Sebastian Stan as Max
- Justice Smith as Tom
- Briana Middleton as Sandra
- Darren Goldstein as Pat Braddock
- John Lithgow as Richard Hobbes
- Phillip Johnson Richardson as “Tipsy” Detective Collins
- Kerry Flanagan as Larusso
- David Pittu as David/lawyer
- Quincy Dunn-Baker as William Tyler
- Hannah Dunne as Brenda
- Giullian Yao Gioiello as Jack
I would skip this film, or I would give this film a chance to anyone who got Apple TV+.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe