Life of Crime
reveiw by
ANIZ FILMVALA
*****
If criminals are
over ambitious to their impromptu skills, the result is mockery of a crime. Set
in 1978 Louis [John Hawkes] and Ordell [Yasiin Bey] are petty criminals on the
streets of Greenwich Connecticut, to get rich quickly they plan a kidnapping of
a rich socialite Mickey [Jennifer Aniston] and they succeed but are they going
to get the big ransom amount of a million dollar from her distraught husband Frank
(Tim Robbins) who has already send her the divorcé papers but is unknown
of her being hostage to the goons.
Next the two
have to chart out a new plan to backup their quandary before their time runs
out.
The film is a
classic adaptation from Elmore Leonard's The Switch. The gone era of seventies
is stylishly depicted.
Precisely on a
slow pace, subtle comical situation and not so great witty lines drags the entertainment
value of watching the movie. Directed
by Daniel Schechter’ Life of Crime’ is an average comical crime thriller.
Cast
Jennifer Aniston as Mickey Dawson
Yasiin Bey as Ordell Robbie
Isla Fisher as Melanie Ralston
Will Forte as Marshall Taylor
Mark Boone Jr. as Richard
Tim Robbins as Frank Dawson
John Hawkes as Louis Gara
Charlie Tahan as Bo Dawson
Seana Kofoed as Kay
Chyna Layne as Loretta
Clea Lewis as Tyra Taylor
Jenna Nye as Shelly Taylor
Alex Ladove as Pamela Taylor
Leonard Robinson as Officer Dixon
R. Marcus Taylor as Borsalino
Kevin Corrigan as Ray
