Review of Focus (2015) by Masatoshibuya — 08 Jul 2020

It's hard to tell from this film on its own, but it's excellent!

I like the director's unblinking authorship!

Will Smith and Margot Robbie co-star in this story of con artists and love. It's the first half, this is it! There are someIt's hard to tell from this film on its own, but it's excellent!

I like the director's unblinking authorship!

Will Smith and Margot Robbie co-star in this story of con artists and love. It's the first half, this is it! There are some con-game elements, such as Grant's Illusion and Oceans, that make me groan, but the second half of the Many people don't feel comfortable with the final development of the story because the story moves away from it so quickly. There's a reason for that, and that is that this film is not about **** through deception! !

In the story of a con artist, loneliness is a constant companion. In "Catch Me If You Can," DiCaprio's character, a genius impostor, always keeps his identity a secret behind the scenes. As long as I was faking it, I was exuding a sense of sadness that people couldn't and wouldn't love me. Besides, for deceiving people, having compassion can be deadly, if you're not always ruthless. There is also the sadness of not becoming.

This film focuses on those characteristics of being a con artist and therefore difficult to love. The play attempts to paradoxically portray the theme of love by The connotation of "focus" in the title is also used in the play to deceive people by diverting their focus. but I think it's also about the tricky nature of the theme. It's a tricky way of telling the story, but this point of view is really great.

I think it is difficult to understand such a theme in this film alone. At the end of the film, all of the themes are concentrated in the last part of the film, and although he talks about it carefully, it still doesn't explain It feels lacking. That's the one thing this film misses. I had recently watched the director's Love Again, so I could barely understand it.

In Love Again, Steve Carell, an average guy, is a mediocre guy who has been cheated on by his wife and a pick-up artist. After meeting Ryan Gosling, he became Ikedan and hooked up with a woman and the past. I say goodbye to life. However, through frequent encounters with his wife, he reaffirms his true self and returns to his original form. We go on. Even Gosling, the pick-up artist, meets someone he can love, and deep down, it's not about sexuality. Realize that you love with all your heart. It doesn't matter how you love, it doesn't matter if it's Crazy or Stupid. This was a story about how difficult it is to love and at the same time how miserable it is to pretend to be something you're not.

If you look at this film with that in mind, the way it is portrayed is con game-like and completely different, but it is a fundamental The theme is not blurred, but rather the director's auteurism is more clearly evident. In particular, the pain of pretending to be something you're not was depicted more deeply. The last scene in the car was unintentionally moving.

From a cinematic point of view, the deceitful telling that comes from the misleading is fun, and after all, it all explodes at the end. is a comedy and funny, just like Love Again. However, the way the women are portrayed is "BIMBO", although the storyline requires it to be so. (slang for a beautiful but brainless woman) is a pretty biased way to portray women's rights. I was more curious because of the conscious Margot Robbie. How did she feel about the role?

Well, but it's too much of a sexy lump on the outside to get into the story. Too erotic.

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