The plot seems a lot smarter than it actually is. Looks like a stage play adapted (badly) to the screen and it takes place in the single location of the "tailor" shop... pardon me, the "cutter" shop!
Leonard is the verbally incontinent English cutter, who runs a shop in Chicago with the help of Mable, a snotty girl boss who's having an affair with Ritchie, the son of local mobster Roy.
The McGuffin of the story is a "tape" registered by the FBI, or maybe by Leonard or by whomever, to frame Roy's outfit. The purpose of the tape is nebulous and to compound the felony, Mable turns out to be not so innocent. When she gets in trouble, instead of thanking Leonard who's trying to help her, she tells him: "F--- you, I don't need your help!" the way contemporary girl bosses do, even if she does need his help not to get tortured and killed.
If you're worried that this convoluted play is not inclusive enough, fret you not, because salvation comes in the shape of La Fontaine, a fashionable female African mob boss (possibly also lesbian, to check all the boxes). Madame is supposed to speak French but very badly, because she says "Désolé" when she should say "Dommage"... but who cares, the audience is ignorant and your token positive African character is present.
Eventually, the whole plot seems to be a framing operation organized by Leonard, who is not who he seems to be, but the glaring question is WHY?
Why would Leonard work with the FBI, sabotage his own business, risk his life, or do any of the things he does? Because this plot does not make any sense.
Mark Rylance was praised for his performance. I saw him in another couple of movies and it seems like he's always playing the same part... so I wasn't even impressed by that.
Leonard is the verbally incontinent English cutter, who runs a shop in Chicago with the help of Mable, a snotty girl boss who's having an affair with Ritchie, the son of local mobster Roy.
The McGuffin of the story is a "tape" registered by the FBI, or maybe by Leonard or by whomever, to frame Roy's outfit. The purpose of the tape is nebulous and to compound the felony, Mable turns out to be not so innocent. When she gets in trouble, instead of thanking Leonard who's trying to help her, she tells him: "F--- you, I don't need your help!" the way contemporary girl bosses do, even if she does need his help not to get tortured and killed.
If you're worried that this convoluted play is not inclusive enough, fret you not, because salvation comes in the shape of La Fontaine, a fashionable female African mob boss (possibly also lesbian, to check all the boxes). Madame is supposed to speak French but very badly, because she says "Désolé" when she should say "Dommage"... but who cares, the audience is ignorant and your token positive African character is present.
Eventually, the whole plot seems to be a framing operation organized by Leonard, who is not who he seems to be, but the glaring question is WHY?
Why would Leonard work with the FBI, sabotage his own business, risk his life, or do any of the things he does? Because this plot does not make any sense.
Mark Rylance was praised for his performance. I saw him in another couple of movies and it seems like he's always playing the same part... so I wasn't even impressed by that.
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