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Critics Consensus: Focus may have a few too many twists and turns, but it nearly skates by on its glamorous setting and the charm of its stars.
Critic Consensus: Focus may have a few too many twists and turns, but it nearly skates by on its glamorous setting and the charm of its stars.
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If it's so easy to guess what women want, why is this movie so utterly devoid of any of it?
That sound you hear is the high-fives in the writers' room, and that, unfortunately, is where the filmmakers' focus remains.
[For Smith,] Focus isn't a full return to brilliance but a welcome stop, hopefully, on the way there.
It's a shiny, diverting ride. (And right about now, that's OK.)
Perhaps the film's greatest trick is the one that happens offscreen: Hours after the end credits roll, it will completely disappear from your mind.
This is the kind of movie where we're not supposed to know at any time who is playing whom, but since the characterizations are glossy and paper-thin, it's difficult to get worked up about who gets fleeced.
A high-stakes gambling scam during the Super Bowl... is particularly nerve-wracking. This pace is exhilarating. But, unfortunately, isn't sustained throughout this otherwise perfectly fun and funny con-man flick.
FOCUS is never too clever for its own good, while still managing to be an out of the ordinary film. Luckily, for Smith and Robbie, the duo have an undeniable charm that carries this duplicitous escapade.
Robbie walks away with scene after scene in the movie, simply by being alive in the moment and alert to all possibilities.
The movie makes a valiant effort, the twists are clever and surprising, but the palpable lack of heat between Smith and Robbie hurts the story. It's an OK con film.
While directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa cleverly present their script as sleekly as possible, the plot is just too wandering to become any sort of instant classic.
Misdirection and mis-direction are the central problems with Focus, which is an ironic title if ever there was one.
Decent rom com about con artists. Not something I would generally choose, but it was on Netflix and my mum likes Will Smith, so watched it with her. Some of the cons were pretty interesting and the story was quite good. Margot Robbie was a good choice for the lead female too.
Super Reviewer
Its narrative structure and tone are all over the place, but thankfully 'Focus' boasts two extremely charismatic leads, stunning cinematography and a breezy pace to make it slightly enjoyable.
Will Smith has fallen off his pedestal and climbed back up so many times that it is almost a complete gamble as to whether or not his newest films will ever turn out good. This time around, he gives it his all and it makes for a very enjoyable picture, however, Focus' plot twists are far too complex that it becomes unbelievable by the time they are done. Watching Nicky fall in and out of money throughout the course of the film was a very interesting story to follow and the chemitry between Will Smith and Margot Robbie was pretty great, but the rug is practically pulled out from the entire film by the end and every set up kind of falls by the wayside. I did not like the ending in the slightest, but I had fun with this film enough to recommend it to Will Smith fans, or crime fans alike. "Focus" is unfocussed at times, but still enjoyable nonetheless.
with all the good that comes out of this film (Will Smith's performance, the story itself, those standout action sequences) "Focus" will ultimately be forgotten because it is nothing more than a "fun little" movie, that had the potential to be more. What a shame. Read the rest of my review at: http://www.examiner.com/review/focus-a-fun-movie-nobody-will-watch Follow me on Twitter @moviesmarkus
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