The Grifters Reviews

It’s another movie I wanted to watch for so many years, I think at least 15 years, so I was really eager to check it out and I had some rather high expectations. Well, to be honest, even though I always had a weak spot for movies dealing with con artists, I still struggled to really get into this story. While watching this movie, I was thinking that the tricky thing with this genre is that you never can trust a con artist and, as a result, it is actually rather difficult to invest yourself in a such a tale. I mean, when do you know when they are on the level? As a result, during the whole thing, I was expecting one of the characters or maybe all of them to be running some kind of long con but, eventually, it wasn’t the case at all. In fact, towards the end of the movie, they simply tried to steal each other like some common thiefs. So, I wasn’t really sure what to think of these characters, especially the one played by Annette Bening, and I was constantly expecting them to be something else that they actually were. Still, there is no doubt that it was a good movie. Indeed, the main cast (John Cusack, Anjelina Huston, Annette Bening) gave some really solid performances and I really enjoyed the neo-noir mood delivered by Stephen Frears. Anyway, to conclude, even though it didn’t really blow me away, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.