Quote: "There is life and death, but it is the in-between that counts". Cute line. Doesn' really make sense though. Since life is the in-between. It should be: you are born, you die and it is the in-between that counts. There is point to that. The quote doesn't make sense, the movie doesn't either.
The worst thing of this movie is that it doesn't service its good actors. This movie got Tommy Lee Jones who makes the most of his part. Ben Foster as plays Ben Foster but at that he is always great. Their father and son story was the only thing good buried in the crap around it. Jenna Ortega has just a presence that can't be denied. She tried hard to make her cliché character work.
They are all three fine in this movie but absolutely nobody can fix this mess. This movie has no idea what it wants to be. It tries to be a heist movie, a character drama, a comedy and a thriller. Add to that that the structure is completly off. Instead of the usual 20 Minutes it will take one hour and five minutes until we get introduced to the problem, the conflict, to what this movie is actually about.
Since it is two hours long the second act which should make two thirds of the movie is now crammed into the second hour.
Because of these two problems you can see this movie getting worse with every minute. Making the last 30 minutes feel like a montage or make them feel like they were cut by three differend editors. Movies need a strong start and a strong ending but it also the in-between that counts.
The worst thing of this movie is that it doesn't service its good actors. This movie got Tommy Lee Jones who makes the most of his part. Ben Foster as plays Ben Foster but at that he is always great. Their father and son story was the only thing good buried in the crap around it. Jenna Ortega has just a presence that can't be denied. She tried hard to make her cliché character work.
They are all three fine in this movie but absolutely nobody can fix this mess. This movie has no idea what it wants to be. It tries to be a heist movie, a character drama, a comedy and a thriller. Add to that that the structure is completly off. Instead of the usual 20 Minutes it will take one hour and five minutes until we get introduced to the problem, the conflict, to what this movie is actually about.
Since it is two hours long the second act which should make two thirds of the movie is now crammed into the second hour.
Because of these two problems you can see this movie getting worse with every minute. Making the last 30 minutes feel like a montage or make them feel like they were cut by three differend editors. Movies need a strong start and a strong ending but it also the in-between that counts.