2008 · drama · comedy · crime
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Directed by Samuel Benchetrit1h 48m2008
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
Our read: I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2008) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive drama · comedy · crime entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- gentle
- intimate
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