Review of Gambit (2012) by Pete W — 04 Dec 2012
Considering the stars, I would have expected more, but sadly Gambit comes off as quite average. I spent a lot of the time almost stoney-faced as it was risible, but not laugh-out-loud funny. It's a pity I don't remember the original to compare...
But there are some good moments - the ending for instance. That sounds bad, but the "twist" (which wasn't really a twist or a surprise, but was happy to see) was as I just said nice to see as otherwise Harry Deane (Colin Firth) would have just been a total pathetic individual...
The hotel scenes lightened the middle - well, apart from the French farce-ness which was tiresome, but a particular moment where Deane is revealed in a woman's hotel room and (by now) seeing him trouser-less was no longer a surprise was amusing.
It also had one of the men from Channel 4's old series 'Banzai' in... so when the Japanese said "Banzai!" to a firework display, that pleased me.
A pity, but happy I saw it.
This review of Gambit (2012) was written by Pete W on 04 Dec 2012.
Gambit has generally received mixed reviews.
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