Saturday, September 15, 2007

Smokin' Aces

Date: September 14
Location: Clifton Living Room

A wildly stylish and often hilarious crime romp that would be much better if it was the 5th post-Tarantino exercise and not the 95th. It has some memorable action and dialogue, and a dozen or so excellent performances from a very impressive cast, but the "serious" moments fall flat and the plot turns ridiculous at the climax. Jason Bateman, though, practically steals the whole movie in a scene that can't last more than 5 minutes. He should be in everything.