Gambit Review
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Hello My Lovely's,
So I recently watched 'Gambit' and I have to say I really
enjoyed it but it wasn't amazing.
'Gambit' released in 2012 by director Michael Hoffman, stars
Colin Firth as the famous Harry Dean, a man who is trying to get revenge over
his boss who is making many peoples life’s a misery.
Lord Shabandar played
by Alan Rickman, is a bully to many of his employees which is seen right from
the start as he tries to manipulate his overall power over them. Harry who has
suffered many times at the hands of Shabandar decides he must gain power over
him so he and his friend descend on the ultimate revenge with the help of
Cameron Diaz's character, cowgirl 'PJ'.
The pair decides to manipulate Shabandar into buying a fake
Monet, in hopes that he is fooled, leaving the pair with a lot of money.
As the film continues the plot becomes more and more crazy
with a Lion trying to attack them at a fancy dinner and Colin Firth ending up
in his pair of boxer's (Ladies I know we are not complaining about haha). The
film tried very hard to be comedic but Firth just wasn't up to the scratch in
this portrayal. He seemed to be trying too hard to fit into the comedic role
after the success of his previous serious acts, leading to the character
lacking in personality.
This is when Gambit starts to fail as it seems that the good
plot starter begins to feel very rushed. It seems like Hoffman is trying to
cram too much into the ending of the film leading to many plot holes in the
film. I was very shocked by this considering the script is from the Coen
brothers who have made many amazing scripts in the past.
Overall the film started as something very good and ended up
feeling like everything was happening to fast and not enough was being
explained.
I am giving this film...
2 Stars
Until Next Time...
Joey xxx
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