The Gentlemen (2019)

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   Siskoid

   Guy Ritchie returns to the convoluted gangster comedies that made him a star director, but The Gentlemen is a more mature film. Where Lock Stock and Snatch sacrificed clarity for energy and required several viewings just to get the characters straight, this one is considerably slower, and while the characters are colorful, they are slightly more grounded. Highlights include the a criminal hip-hop group called the Toddlers, and their recalcitrant boxing trainer played by Colin Farrel, but the it's really Hugh Grant who runs away with the film as its unreliable narrator, pitching the whole thing as the film we're more or less watching, not knowing if he's a big player or a pawn in this whole business. Yes, it may strain your tolerance for filthy dialog and prejudice, but that's the world these characters live in. Personally, I thought it was all very funny and entertaining, with enough twists and turns to keep me engaged, yet never feel confused. The wardrobe people certainly deserve a special prize. It also gave me cause to think about gangster films, as I've recently gone on record saying they're all basically the same, but what I really meant is that American gangster films often borrow the same structure and star the same people. I much prefer the UK and Hong Kong versions, for different reasons, but though people like to compare Ritchie to Tarantino, I think the latter borrowed from blaxploitation and Hong Kong movies, while Ritchie's low-rent cockney world has a flavor of its own that reaches back to films like Get Carter. When I see things like Layer Cake, Dead Fish or Sexy Beast, I see them as Guy Ritchie rip-offs, not Tarantino ones. Not saying The Gentlemen is technically better than something like The Irishman, but it's definitely more fun. 4 years 2 months ago
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   Rude117

   This movie was phu cking great! 4 years 1 month ago
3. 

   Emiam

   7/10
   As usual cool dialogue in Ritchie's films. Sophisticated script. 3 years 2 months ago

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