2015 · romance · comedy · crime
Focus
Directed by Glenn Ficarra1h 45m2015
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
Our read: Focus (2015) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded romance · comedy · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured romance / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- tender
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