Swindled Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Slick, swishy swindlers thriller

If you liked 9 Queens or Bound you'll probably respond to this. A twisty, sarky, animated yarn of con tricksters and double-crosses, it's got great camerawork and stunning performances (Federico Luppi in particular is fantastic). The first hour sweeps along at a terrific clip, but the final denouement becomes implausible.

Still, it's a stylish and funny film with plenty to keep you entertained. Not a masterpiece, but a smart and snappy bit of entertainment. I enjoyed it, and for those men (there are plenty) who can't get enough of Ms Abril it will be a must. Wonder why it never got much attention in the UK?

Quick and Intelligent, but not slick

Was expecting a film like The Sting or Oceans 11; charasmatic clever conmen get the better of nasty villians through clever scams. Which is exactly what I got. Except: the level of violence gradually increases during the film. OK, violence is part of modern films and I'm sure conmen get violent, but it makes it more difficult to side with the crook. Also, without giving too much away, the film gets to a point, and after that all the tricks boil down to the same thing-and it's not big and it's not clever. Overall, a good film, and you shouldn't let the subtitles put you off. But there are much better examples of the genre, and some of them are Hollywood-which isn't something you often say.