Review of The Drop (2014) by Analyticcritic — 24 Sep 2014

The Drop was a movie which I thought looked slow and uninteresting from the trailers. It looked like maybe a couple of interesting scenes, but nothing good. I must say...this film caught me off guard. The plot of the film is quite unique and original. It has some really intriguing moments along with some great, but unexpected comedy. The run time was absolutely terrific. It would have dragged on if longer and felt like there should be more if it was shorter. The run time was just perfect. There were a few moments in the movie when I was thinking "Oh, now this is going to get boring now" but it didn't. Whenever scenes like that came they put some light hearted comedy in at just the right time and place. The ending of the movie though was where the movie really got me. It was so unexpected and expertly crafted.

Tom Hardy's performance as Bob Saginowski is amazing. He stole the show. I would argue that here is one of the best performances of his career. Noomi Rapace along with James Gandolfini does an excellent job.