Gambit (2012)

Just what I expected

Excellent but underrated film

Admirable film.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Entertaining, funny, light comedy with fantastic actors. Great seeing Cameron Diaz tap into Texan accent.

It works best in that time period and Maclain is her most glamorous given the height of that era. There was no need to remake this underrated classic.This offering actually mocks the brilliant script it steals from, uses freak plastic faced actors, and turns a sophisticated plot into a tacky mess, so juvenile one feels like puking the second Alan Rickman appears naked enough on screen. The original character was very proper, not a clown for super cheap childish giggles.The beauty from "The Mask" 's face has melted, so some of the scenes may make you wince, which may spoil your ability to suspend disbelief! The Coens' first huge flop... oh well... that sort of remote hick theme doesn't work every time, and is becoming as repetitive as the line "you just don't don't get it, do ya????Charade and How to Steal a Million, are a gazillion times better too, if you appreciate the genre!

I have watched the film and then out of curiosity went onto IMDb to find such a low rating! I am a bit of Colin Firth fan. I loved how Firth's costume was a suit and the humour was very subtle and indeed very British - it did remind me a bit of his role in Kingsman. The film also cheered me up after having a bad day. I'd recommend it to everyone who likes to be amused without the need to laugh out loud or listen to loud and obvious jokes.The plot was indeed not the most unique. Although it wasn't until he was holding the painting until it clicked for me of how obvious it actually was. However, the casting in this film is great!Having a cowgirl from Texas along side what one might call proper British gentlemen was hilarious!

The sort of crime/comedy capers that starred big names in psychedelic colours and absolutely up to the minute fashions quickly palled only to be briefly resuscitated by Mr P.Bogdanovich in the sublime "What's up,Doc?"which also echoed much earlier works by the great Hollywood directors. Unfortunately,the evidence here is that the Coen Bros do not have the grasp of this broad humour in contrast to their recognised skill with "funny" that sometimes isn't "funny" at all but instead rather "disturbing". So "Gambit" is either a painfully unfunny satire or a wildly over- acted and painfully unfunny "hommage" to the briefly popular international super - productions loaded with stars that scarcely had us rolling in the aisles forty years ago and the survivors of which genre make for embarrassing viewing today. And so it is with this woeful production featuring some very hammy performances by big - name actors who mug desperately and try to look as if it was all terrific fun on the off- chance that such enjoyment might be infectious. Unfortunately for them it isn't. Mr A.Rickman is particularly guilty in this respect,making his Sheriff of Nottingham seem like a masterclass in restraint. Messrs Firth and Courtenay are like the Cannon and Ball of the 21st century. Miss C.Diaz wears a fixed grin like a politician kissing his 20th baby of the day. It is loud,boorish and tedious. Presumably the remuneration was in direct disproportion to the artistic effort displayed. A blip,one hopes,on the Coen's splendid C.V. that hopefully will neither be held against them nor repeated. I urge you not to waste your time on it.