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Focus

2015

Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Stephanie Honore ...

5.5

21,333

Thriller Nicky Spurgeon is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess, under his wing. Nicky and Jess become romantically involved, and with Nicky's profession of being a liar and a cheater for a living, he realizes that deception and love are things that don't go together. They split, only to see each other three years later... And things get messy.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Unfortunately, since the major characters' salient character traits are insincerity, opaqueness and untruthfulness, it's hard to invest much interest in any of them."	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The two stars are dazzling distractions. Robbie is a wow and then some. The Aussie actress shows a comic flair backed up with beauty and steel. Even when 'Focus' fumbles, Robbie deals a winning hand. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Mostly, it is fun to watch Will Smith and Margot Robbie, and to marvel at whatever divine or evolutionary miracle concentrated so much charisma in the two of them."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A stylish, consistently diverting romantic caper that, nonetheless, leaves you feeling that you've been jerked around without sufficient payoff."	NEU
United States	Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"In this lame caper, the biggest scam perpetrated is the one that makes audiences think they'll have a good time (...) Rating: ★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] keeps you distracted till the end."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Huddleston Time Out	"The chassis may be slick and speedy, but under the hood 'Focus' lives up to its Ford-produced namesake: sturdy but not exactly stimulating. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"What keeps the film humming along as smoothly as it does is the chemistry and charisma of its leads"	POS
United Kingdom	Stella Papamichael Digital Spy	"Few films are more annoying than a con caper that has nothing up its sleeve except cool, designer style and 'Focus' falls squarely into that category. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG

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