I love a good heist movie and Dollars (or in actuality, "$") turns out to be one. I say it like that because it's a little hard to get into at first. The plan, hatched between cool security expert Warren Beatty and neurotic call girl Goldie Hawn, is already under way by the time the picture starts, and you're constantly catching up to what the plan is. And who are all those bad guys running around with their own plans? The movie explains itself organically, when there's call for an explanation to be given, but not before, and the heist and escape are really quite well done once we get there, but $ may frustrate with its unclear first act (compounded by gritty indie 70s vérité style that favors dark shadows and local sound). I'd say the last shot also has an unnecessary lack of clarity. But for the most of the run time, I was well entertained, and when things start to go wrong (as they must in heist pictures), the stakes feel real and also a bit ridiculous. If this is also a comedy, that's where you'll find it and shout "oh nooo" along with the screen. Fun funk soundtrack too, even if I'm not a big fan of Little Richard's theme tune.
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I love a good heist movie and Dollars (or in actuality, "$") turns out to be one. I say it like that because it's a little hard to get into at first. The plan, hatched between cool security expert Warren Beatty and neurotic call girl Goldie Hawn, is already under way by the time the picture starts, and you're constantly catching up to what the plan is. And who are all those bad guys running around with their own plans? The movie explains itself organically, when there's call for an explanation to be given, but not before, and the heist and escape are really quite well done once we get there, but $ may frustrate with its unclear first act (compounded by gritty indie 70s vérité style that favors dark shadows and local sound). I'd say the last shot also has an unnecessary lack of clarity. But for the most of the run time, I was well entertained, and when things start to go wrong (as they must in heist pictures), the stakes feel real and also a bit ridiculous. If this is also a comedy, that's where you'll find it and shout "oh nooo" along with the screen. Fun funk soundtrack too, even if I'm not a big fan of Little Richard's theme tune.daisyaday
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