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Ever get the feeling you're being played?Plot:
Two con artists try to swindle a currency collector by selling him a counterfeit copy of an extremely rare currency bill. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
An OK Americanization Into a Contemporary "The Sting" moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John C. Reilly | ... | Richard Gaddis |
 | Diego Luna | ... | Rodrigo |
 | Maggie Gyllenhaal | ... | Valerie |
 | Peter Mullan | ... | William Hannigan |
 | Zitto Kazann | ... | Ochoa |
 | Jonathan Tucker | ... | Michael |
 | Laura Cerón | ... | Waitress (as Laura Ceron) |
 | Soledad St. Hilaire | ... | Waitress #2 |
 | Ellen Geer | ... | Grandma |
 | Brandon Keener | ... | Waiter / Daniel |
 | Nick Anavio | ... | Café Manager |
| Deborah Van Valkenburgh | ... | Woman in Elevator |
 | Maeve Quinlan | ... | Heather / Soccer Man |
 | Brent Sexton | ... | Ron |
 | Malik Yoba | ... | Frank Hill |
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Rated R for language.Parents Guide:
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87 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Ireland:12A | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #40569) | Brazil:14 | Germany:6MOVIEmeter: 
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Continuity: When Richard and Rodrigo are walking down the street, the briefcase jumps from Richard's left hand to his right hand (next to Rodrigo). moreQuotes:
Richard Gaddis: [speaking to Rodrigo] You have one thing money and practice can't buy - you look like a nice guy. moreSoundtrack:
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"Criminal" is an adequate Americanization of one of my favorite films of 2002, the delightfully twisty "Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas)."
Adapter/debut director Gregory Jacobs doesn't quite make up for the extra tension that Argentina's financial chaos added as an urgent back drop.
Some of the twists are too smoothly straightened out by focusing more on the older con man, here played by John C. Reilly, and his sister, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal without the original's sensuality, despite her low cut blouse.
Diego Luna is a mite young, but he's cast to turn Reilly's character into more of a manipulative mentor and less an apparent partner.
On its own, without comparison to the original, it's an amusing and workmanlike update of "The Sting" crossed with "The Grifters."