Nine Queens (Nueve reinas) (2001)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 93
Fresh: 86 | Rotten: 7
Deliciously twist-filled, Nine Queens is a clever and satisfying crime caper.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 1
Deliciously twist-filled, Nine Queens is a clever and satisfying crime caper.
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Argentine filmmaker Fabian Bielinsky makes his directorial debut with this taut crime thriller about a stamp and con artists on the make. The film opens with low-rent hustler Juan (Gaston Pauls) trying to scam the workers in a convenience store when Marcos (Ricardo Darin) steps in to arrest him. In truth, Marcos is veteran con himself and the two split the money after fleeing the scene. Soon after, Marcos asks Juan to be his partner in a series of small-time jobs. When one of the men gets a
Cast
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Ricardo Darín
Marcos -
Gastón Pauls
Juan -
Leticia Brédice
Valeria -
Tomás Fonzi
Federico -
Ignasi Abadal
Vidal Gandolfo -
Alejandro Awada
Washington -
Antonio Ugo
D'Agostino -
Oscar Nunez
Sandler -
Celia Juarez
Mrs. Sandler -
Elsa Berenguer
Berta -
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A slick and thoroughly enjoyable con-artist movie.
Top CriticOne of the most clever, most enjoyable thrillers in years.
The laughs are dark, the puzzle steadily more engrossing and the surprises, just like Heist, are doozies, up to the finale.
Driven by a plot that's so tightly wound, we cannot look away for wanting to know what will happen next and who is double-crossing whom.
If Nine Queens draws you on a journey that eventually leads up a garden path toward your own suckerhood, it's all the more pleasurable for having done so with such slick expertise.
As an entertainment, the movie keeps you diverted and best of all, it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting.
numerous twists and turns, but remains fun
A delightful, charming, confidently made confidence flick.
An Argentinian, Mamet-like confidence-game movie.
Bielinsky concocts a selection of tantalizing layers, from his Mamet-like dialogue to his chilly visuals.
[Even after] the plot's spiralling, shimmering sleights of hand and its never-ending ruses and deceptions . . . the ending will still pull the rug out from under [you].
...by the time the end rolls around and the final twist has been revealed, it doesn't seem entirely plausible.
Story and style both keep viewers on their toes.
If you dig on David Mamet's mind tricks...rent this movie and enjoy!
A fascinating tale of deceit, deception, and things that may not be quite what they seem.
[It's] a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet.
The film is witty, exciting and entertaining.
This thoroughly engaging and endearing film is as much of a swindle as the plot itself, stealthily stealing your concentration and your affection even as it cheats you of a credible plot.
Clever but not especially compelling.
Argentine writer-director Fabian Bielinsky seems to be a criminal mastermind. Luckily for society, Bielinsky uses his powers for good.
So engaging, so entertaining is this Mametian feast of con games and double-crosses that the subtitles seem to disappear and the reel change marks may as well not exist.
Bielinsky does good work laying the groundwork for doubt, but as the mounting obstacles to the handoff of the stamps become less and less believable, we can sense him straying ever farther from a sensible and satisfying resolution.
A welcome addition to the genre.
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- Les Neuf Reines (FR)
Always enjoyed the ending to this one.