A film about a guy doing lots of crimes and playing table tennis
So this film was well done and it was snappy. It moved with a pace that few films do, considering it was on for 2 and a half hours it didn’t feel like it, unlike other new releases like Avatar.
I’d argue the central issue this film has is that it makes Marty a dick, he has few to no redeemable qualities yet the film still wants you to root for him. The thing is when I watched this I thought it was based on real events and so that’s why they had him behave like that but a hell of a lot of the film is just fiction, so it was a choice to make him like that.
The strangest thing about this film is that it doesn’t feel at all like a sports biopic, it feels like it moves between genres sometimes it’s a crime film, sometimes it’s a plucky underdog story with comedic elements. If you don’t mind the constant switching between things in terms of tone then you’ll like the film but others might find this jarring.
Overall, a well made film with utterly unlikeable characters.
3/5
Pros.
It is well done
The performances are good
It is snappy
Cons.
The characters are unlikable
It makes a lot of unneeded additions
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