An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since there was a decent cast involved and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I always had a weak spot for movies dealing with con artists and I can understand why Waltz could be attracted by this story and especially this character. I also liked how they displayed how really shallow this diplomatic world actually is. Basically, you just need a good story, a lot of confidence and being articulate enough and these guys will then believe pretty much anything. However, even though Mott was an interesting guy, Waltz pretty much refused to go too deep into his character and his background and focused only on his delusional schemes and I think this approach did backfire. Indeed, after all, it was never really clear how this scheme exactly worked or what Mott was really after. Another interesting point was that, even though it was obvious that Waltz had a lot of fun with Ulrich Mott, the real MVP here turned out to be Vanessa Redgrave after all. Indeed, Redgrave’s character turned out to be very well developed, so complex and actually quite fascinating to behold. Indeed, she wasn’t just some poor old lady who was getting swindled. In fact, she pretty much already knew from the start who was she was dealing with or, if she didn’t know, she was at least curious about what her relationship with this man could lead to. Hell, she was even coaching him at some point. Sure, she understood fairly quickly that he was actually a big fat liar but, with him, life was at least a little bit more fun. Eventually, the main mistake made by Mott was that he never took her seriously enough and lied to her like he did to everybody else which was not only heartbreaking for her but also unacceptable. Of course, there was also the issue that the guy, like so many other delusional narcissists, did seem to loose his grip on reality after telling so many lies to so many people. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.