Review of Sexy Beast (2001) by Mjs M — 09 Aug 2009
Why can?t anyone rip Tarentino off correctly? No one ever correctly steals his energy, his penchant for creative references, his structural fearlessness, or even his dialogue (at least not beyond his liberal use of the work ?fuck?).
No. All anyone ever tries to steal is his stylized and unrealistic version of organized crime. And while this isn?t as laughable as the work of Guy Richie, it?s still a rather obnoxious movie in which a bunch of Cockneys yell at each other for extended periods in the service of a pointless movie that sometimes goes out of its way to tell its story inefficiently.
Yes, Ben Kingsley does give a pretty good performance here, but his work is wasted on a silly character in a silly movie.
This review of Sexy Beast (2001) was written by Mjs M on 09 Aug 2009.
Sexy Beast has generally received very positive reviews.
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