Life of Crime (2013)



This is a Coen Brothers movie, absent the Coen's charms and abilities. The camera work is mostly plain, with nothing of great note. It lacked set piece shots and moments where the artistry of the medium shined. We see Jennifer Aniston in a subdued performance. It lands somewhere between nuanced and phoning it in. The resolution seemed to make light of the victim's circumstances, despite the fact that things were a heartbeat away from ending in a much darker way. Not too terribly much here to warrant a viewing. It takes place in 1978, and is based on a book.

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