Focus

I’m so in love with the slick Soderbergh aesthetic that I can even be happily conned by a pretender to the throne – this feels a little too studiously Soderbergh and lacks his wit and spontaneity; the screenplay too often ties itself up in knots to provide arbitrary twists that ultimately make it difficult to become fully invested, but it’s still stylish fun, helped by the mega-watt charisma of Smith and Robbie, who play their screen personas for all their worth (even if their interpersonal chemistry is a little chilly). Nice to see Wong handed arguably the best scene of the movie, and give him a chance to completely run away with it!