Review of Gambit (2012) by Manny J — 18 Sep 2016

Alan Rickman did his job. He showed up to work. He had believable lines and you came away liking him more than any other character. The problem for the Gambit is that is not the protagonist,. The protagonist is a sniveling piece of "work" name Harry Deane who is flawed morally and financially. I actually liked the fact that I was not emotionally invested in the main characters win. Just because the story is told from their point of you that its should be a linear tale of their heroism and triumph. Sometimes a story is just a story that you are willing to follow along with --to learn something or be entertained. -I dislike the main characters being cartoonishly good. So Colin Firth and Alan Rickman did the movie proud in my estimation And had it not been for its other flaws this may I been a winner. I am not sure what country Diaz and Tucci are really suppose to be from.. They are cartoon stereotypes of actually countries. There is a way to do that if you can be in on the joke. But I am not sure it comes off this way. I think had the script completely fallen apart from reality in the last 30 minutes. This is where there maybe a battle of tone. If you are a funnier version of Oceans 11 (spoiler alert) a scene where a multi-millionaire would use a Lion for security instead of any real gadgets available to anyone of means must breaks the audience out of feeling its a smart caper. Had I paid for this movie--I would have found the ticket stand and demanded a refund.

I found it on Netflix so I will happily give the late Alan Rickman a decent rating for his performance.