Steal a priceless statue in GAMBIT

[NicoleNise]

Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz headline this remake of the 1966 crime caper directed by Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) and written by Joel and Ethan Coen.

In crime comedy ‘Gambit’, Colin Firth portrays an art expert who hatches a plan to fool a billionaire collector into buying a newly-discovered Monet painting that went missing during WW2.

Recruiting a brash Texas rodeo queen to help convince his mark that the fake painting has a credible heritage, his elaborate con becomes a work of art in its own right.

The stellar cast of ‘Gambit’ also includes Sir Tom Courtenay, Stanley Tucci and veteran comedienne Cloris Leachman.

 

[dmstar]

Sounds like a Thomas Crown Affair-ish movie

 

[ExK]

I'm not feeling the chemistry among the cast ... I think the pairing of Cameron and Colin is a bit strange ...

 

[Da_Face]

Written by the Coen brothers Joel and Ethan, Gambit is the remake of the 1966 heist comedy of the same name starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine, which this film had borrowed its base premise from in having what's expected played out in the mind of one of its protagonist, before having its actual execution go completely and hilariously wrong. And once this had started off as a troubled production with cast and crew suffered from a revolving doors syndrome, it finally nailed its key casting of Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman, all of whom prove to be what made Gambit an engaging movie to sit through and effortlessly hitting all the sweet spots that a heist comedy should hit.

Continues at (A Nutshell) Review: Gambit - Probably Singapore's #1 Movie Review Blog

 

[xfiles_wolvie]

and alot fo pple think its related to Xmen gambit...mua hahaha.