The first act is INCREDIBLE!!! The pacing, the dialogue, the clever use of the characters and the world. It's crisp and clean and gorgeous. The film loses a bit of this luster towards the end of the second act heading into the third, spelling out the twist and leaning more corny than clever. I'm all for tropes being played straight, as long as it doesn't depart from the tone, and most of the stuff with the main antagonist did. I fully understand the production process, test screenings might have come back with younger children not being able to follow the story and adjustments were made. Fully understandable, fully valid, and the movie doesn't suffer harshly from it, but it's certainly a noticeable departure from how quick and fun the first act felt. A 7/10, an excellent film for the whole family, definitely a good watch for anyone with an interest in heist movies.
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