Rated PG-13
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson
Directed by Joel Hopkins
The Story:
Richard (Brosnan) and Kate (Thompson) are divorced, but still get along. When Richard is set to retire from his company, he discovers that the company is under investigation and all assets are frozen. Looks like the boss put all of that money into a priceless diamond. So Richard and Kate decide to get the money back to the company by stealing the diamond.
It's a romantic comedy heist film.
The problem, the heist is too easy, the romance is barely there, and it simply isn't that funny.
Both Brosnan and Thompson get to flex their comic muscles in roles that are departures from their typical roles.
That would work if the situations weren't overly cliche or just poorly conceived. Plus, the film is sorely lacking a straight man in much of the film.
You can't have both Brosnan and Thompson being the comic alone and then thrusting them together and expecting one to become the straight man role immediately.
It, like most of this movie, just doesn't work.
Final Grade: C-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I barely got through it once, I can't do it again.
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