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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? Dec 31, 2015 | Full Review…
If it's so easy to guess what women want, why is this movie so utterly devoid of any of it?
Sophie Gilbert
In Focus, [Smith is] quieter, graver, more emotionally remote, more... substantial. Mar 6, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
In Focus, [Smith is] quieter, graver, more emotionally remote, more... substantial.
Paul Byrnes
[Writer-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa] set exactly the right tone as well as tweaking the plot with enough twists to keep your brain engaged. And it looks good too. Mar 5, 2015 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
[Writer-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa] set exactly the right tone as well as tweaking the plot with enough twists to keep your brain engaged. And it looks good too.
Sandra Hall
That sound you hear is the high-fives in the writers' room, and that, unfortunately, is where the filmmakers' focus remains. Mar 2, 2015 | Full Review…
That sound you hear is the high-fives in the writers' room, and that, unfortunately, is where the filmmakers' focus remains.
Richard Brody
[For Smith,] Focus isn't a full return to brilliance but a welcome stop, hopefully, on the way there. Feb 27, 2015 | Full Review…
[For Smith,] Focus isn't a full return to brilliance but a welcome stop, hopefully, on the way there.
Wesley Morris
It's a shiny, diverting ride. (And right about now, that's OK.) Feb 27, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It's a shiny, diverting ride. (And right about now, that's OK.)
Lisa Kennedy
Ficarra and Requa are trying to make The Sting or The Usual Suspects, but their story lacks the former's sense of fun and the latter's disciplined structure. Jan 9, 2020 | Full Review…
Ficarra and Requa are trying to make The Sting or The Usual Suspects, but their story lacks the former's sense of fun and the latter's disciplined structure.
Chris McCoy
Overall, Focus starts well, looks good with [Will] Smith and [Margot] Robbie as engaging as ever but it ultimately (and ironically) loses focus. Nov 19, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Overall, Focus starts well, looks good with [Will] Smith and [Margot] Robbie as engaging as ever but it ultimately (and ironically) loses focus.
Katie Smith-Wong
Focus has the utmost intense scenes without guns or violence and a brilliant plot, full of wit and surprises to match. Nov 12, 2019 | Rating: 9.2/10 | Full Review…
Focus has the utmost intense scenes without guns or violence and a brilliant plot, full of wit and surprises to match.
Brandon Davis
You could do worse than sitting still for the solid entertainment and frothy brain twists in Focus. Aug 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
You could do worse than sitting still for the solid entertainment and frothy brain twists in Focus.
Leslie Combemale
Lithe and funny until it's leaden and obtuse, Focus would be pleasantly forgettable were it not for Margot Robbie, who is announced here as a capital letter Movie Star. Jul 30, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Lithe and funny until it's leaden and obtuse, Focus would be pleasantly forgettable were it not for Margot Robbie, who is announced here as a capital letter Movie Star.
Ryan Syrek
It's hard to move past the feeling that Focus is little more than wealth porn, wallowing in depictions of expensive cars, snazzy suits and the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Jul 5, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It's hard to move past the feeling that Focus is little more than wealth porn, wallowing in depictions of expensive cars, snazzy suits and the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
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