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Life of Crime

2013

Daniel Schechter

Jennifer Aniston, Isla Fisher, Tim Robbins, Will Forte ...

5.4

1,549

Thriller. Comedy Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins and John Hawkes star in this wildly entertaining caper, adapted from a book by Elmore Leonard, about two ex-cons whose plan to kidnap a real estate developer’s wife doesn’t go quite as smoothly as expected.

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"A fitting memorial to Elmore Leonard, 'Life of Crime' reps one of the most faithful of the many adaptations of the author's work"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"['Life of Crime'] lacks the sex appeal of Out of Sight, the streetwise staying power of Jackie Brown"	NEG
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"Dead or alive, Elmore Leonard’s still got the best ear in the business. The late author’s dialogue sparkles in Life of Crime, a perfectly fine double-cross comedy (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Though the movie is not a disaster, his unfocused effort does sit pretty low on the list of Leonard adaptations (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"There's a pronounced lack of tension in this feature by director Daniel Schechter, who has to deal with a storyline that is, unfortunately, not Mr. Leonard's strongest"	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"There have been good Elmore Leonard adaptations and bad ones. But this interpretation of his 1978 novel The Switch may be the worst of the bunch"	NEG

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