In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flee to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.... (Full plot summary below)
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In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flee to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.
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| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo TuckerNone of the film's fine actors make us laugh while watching this misguided comedy, but Uma Thurman oozes so much glamour she holds our interest in all of her scenes. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe Con Is On takes off like a shot: a stylish caper with enjoyably wry, martini-soaked dialogue and a terrific comedic turn by Uma Thurman as a glamorous British scam artist. Then there's the film's second half — which sinks like a stone. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe comedy thriller The Con is On is a Who's Who of 1990s indie film character actors, but the movie ends up delivering a lot of cliches from that brief but extremely specific era of filmmaking, and not necessarily the ones you might want. |
| User ReviewDon CThe thought that this movie could be something of a parallel to the soap opera we are daily witnessing at the White House picqued my curiosity enough to go see it. Even the title seemed analogous and I was not disappointed. Every character in this movie is a scoundrel-some more lovable than others to be sure-and their craven attitudes, back stabbing and lame excuse-making is a sight to behold. Tim Roth and a great-looking Uma Thurmann play Peter and Harriet (Harry) Fox, two high-society thieves and conmen who end up on the run from the casually-murderous Irina (Maggie Q) after they blow a satchel of money from one of her drug deals. From London they high-tail it to LA to chill out and try to figure a way to grift off of high-price hotels and steal some jewelry to keep them going until Irina's wrath blows over. They drop in on Sidney (Stephen Fry), a old crime associate now an unrepentant Catholic priest ("that nasty pederast" as Peter puts it) who later betrays them by dropping a dime on them and telling Irina they're here in Hollywood. Harry is the brains behind the partnership while Peter, who's so constantly soused and drugged up he can barely do more than follow orders and stagger from one place to the next. They decide to check up on Peter's ex wife Jackie (a hilarious Alice Eve) who is engaged to a successful movie director Gabriel (Crispin Glover). Jackie was given a $5 million ring by Gabriel "to atone for his sins" as she puts it. The sins in question are Gabriel's blatant womanizing, dividing his attention between Jackie, his delusional and obsessed personal assistant Gina (Parker Posey), and the passionate Vivian (Sophia Vergara) the latest starlet he's working with. The status symbols of Hollywood culture (a much-abused staff, a personal "house guru" named Gurmukh, a housekeeper "we flew in from Mexico," etc.) keep it all interesting. There's no lack of ego and rivalry, nor efforts to indulge either at any time. One of the funniest bits was when Harry is mistaken for the arrival of Jackie's "dog whisperer" to help her communicate with her little chihuahua. At the end Peter and Harry end up with the ring when Jackie, in a rage at Gabriel, throws it into the bushes right into Harry's champagne glass. It's true there isn't much of a story arc here and absolutely no character arc but I found the biting satire satisfying. Especially considering this movie was finished in 2015 but for some reason was not released until now, just as all the passengers in the Presidential Clown Car are being exposed. Tell me there isn't a God in heaven. |
| User ReviewJami DGreat Cast but misguided comedy, makes you struggling for laugh, such a waste of cast |
| User ReviewPrivate Ugreat talent terrible movie. how much money was wasted (invested) on this film? locations and cheap sets (hollywood mansion was a joke). it's one of those movies you wished you could get a refund for your time. |
| User Reviewemilio pgreat talent terrible movie. how much money was wasted (invested) on this film? locations and cheap sets (hollywood mansion was a joke). it's one of those movies you wished you could get a refund for your time. |
| User Reviewgreg%20 dgreat talent terrible movie. how much money was wasted (invested) on this film? locations and cheap sets (hollywood mansion was a joke). it's one of those movies you wished you could get a refund for your time. |
| User ReviewLarry SOnly one being conned is the viewer that pays to see this. Even for free it is not worth your time Bad writing, direction and acting and editing |
| User ReviewTroy KOnly one being conned is the viewer that pays to see this. Even for free it is not worth your time Bad writing, direction and acting and editing |
