Let me start with saying some positive things about The Mexican. By times the dialogues were good and witty. Gandolfini is good at playing a tough gay gangster. Julia Roberts was - contrary to most commenters' opinion - quite OK in her role as emotional sponge. These last two characters were also the only ones who could make the humorous content of this movie any thing close to funny. Which brings me to the not so positive things. First of all, Brad Pitt: wouldn't I have seen an other movie he's in, I would simply have said he is crap. But maybe, as some suggested, he just cannot act in comedies. In any way, this is a very far cry from Fight Club. In the early scene between him and Roberts with the things flying out of the window, he just made me sit in bewilderment. It looked as if this was his first major film as a very bad B- actor. He may also have been a bit misdirected. In the scenes with Teddy he acts as a street- wise thug, which is quite strange considering his inaptness in being handy and communicating with the Mexicans. Of course, this is a comedy, but consequence in character should be essential. All this was compensated a bit for by the entertainment value.
Review of The Mexican
