Movie #2114 "The Outfit" (in movie theatre! Wow!) I know this is kind of early to make an oscar nomination comment, but I did it last year early in the summer when we saw "Coda," so here goes. The script to the movie "The Outfit" is better than any I have seen in a long time --- and it's written by a previous oscar winner for "Imitation Game" so he does have that going for him. And the writer is from Chicago. Anyway, I highly recommend this little gem of a film, starring Mark Rylance (a fabulous theatre actor that we got a chance to see on stage ) and a damn good script full of twists and turns that keeps you guessing until the very end. I noticed last week when I started looking for this film that it wasn't being shown in a bunch of theaters, and the theaters it was being shown in this week, didn't say it was there again for another week, so we skedaddled out to the theatre yesterday so that we could make sure to see it, and we were very glad to have done that. I don't want to say too much about the film, but i can say it is quite talkie, almost play-like because of the amount of dialogue and it is mostly in one set. It deals with mobsters and a tailor (oops, I should say cutter ) who teaches us in his narration the fine art of make a suit jacket. The shop is supposed to be in Chicago so all the actors but Rylance cop a chicago accent, but the film is British in all other aspects, like tone and Hitchcock-like red herrings and Macguffins. I give it a 5 out of 5 and it is already better than the list of nominated films from last year. If you miss it in the theatre, look for it on DVD or streaming.
"THE OUTFIT" 2022 R 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES
An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive fateful night
Director: Graham Moore
Writers: Jonathan McClain, Graham Moore
Actors: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O'Brien
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