Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare
Cinematic Sommelier
6.9
Was I mainly here to see Margaret Qualley? Yes. Yes I was.
Was the rest of the movie as good as I expected? Yes and no. It slips a little too deep into insanity at times for my taste, but with a style that kept me in it 100% from beginning to end, even if I didn’t fully grasp every twist and turn or the “why” behind half of what happened on the screen.
7.4
Hey – Austin Butler almost has his Elvis accent kicked for good!
An absolutely wacky tale of mishap after mishap after mishap, until you stumble your way across the finish line, shaking your head and wondering how you made it to the end alive. A super fun, goofy, intense heist film with a surprising amount of dark humor mixed in seamlessly.
7.2
Insert Vince Vaughn in the middle of nonnas. Hilarity ensues. His typical charm leads to a nice warmth to the story that really carries it home. Some genuine laughs sprinkled in. A recipe for a solid movie.
6.8
If studio notes were a movie… it feels like it was written by an AI told to “make every hip Minecraft reference for ___ minutes.” A sloppier version of “Ready Player One.” I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. I was afraid of having popcorn thrown at me during “Chicken Jockey”… It’s colorful.
6.9
A little “American Pie,” a little “Red Rocket”… I didn’t hate it. A few genuine laughs, and a solid runtime. All you can ask out of a movie like this.
Brett Garten, Movie Extraordinare 