According to the plot, two friends decided to rob one gentleman, but in fact it turned out that he was a very rich gentleman, very strange you will say, because he looks like an ordinary person, but he turned out to be a courier of the mob ... That's where it all started. In general, the script is the strongest side of this film, however, as well as all subsequent films of this genre. As I remember in one movie, Beware of the Car, the narrator said, “The audience doesn’t like being cheated.” Well, the whole movie is a real hoax. At first everything seems confusing, but in reality it is simple. With a slight hand movement in the last 2 minutes, the director explains all the accumulated questions for the entire film. In general, the manner of shooting is very interesting. It seems that the director did his best.
It was a very good idea to set the stage for the Great Depression, when everyone was starving, dying, and so on. In this case, the scam becomes more justified and appropriate. Although he is a scammer everywhere, even in the 30s, even in the 40s, even in the 50s and so on. But I wouldn’t say the movie is atmospheric. For example, in the same “Taxi Driver” Scorsese, there was clearly visible the city, its soul or something. There's nothing like that. I wouldn’t even say that the film takes place in the 30s if it wasn’t said in the beginning.
I liked the acting in this movie the least. I expected something more from the Newman-Redford tandem. Just as they both did a great job in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (though it wasn’t interesting, but it wasn’t their fault), I expected no less, but in the end... it didn’t work out. If Robert Redford played even less, I haven’t seen anything like it from Newman. But the secondary roles are all good.
The film still has a very peculiar soundtrack. Very good, by the way. It's like the old English movies.
In general, I really liked the film, and I am sure that it is rightfully considered a classic of the comedy and criminal genre.
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