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Title: Gambit


Date: 2012
Type: Crime drama / Comedy
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Michael Hoffman
Producer: Adam Ripp / Rob Paris / Mike Lobell

Comment
An art appraisor (Colin Firth) gets fed up with his boss (Alan Rickman) and sets up to scam him by getting him to buy a fake valuable painting, but the plan involves a slightly wild female American rodeo rider (Cameron Diaz). This is an entertaining drama that has romantic overtones. The three main leads of Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman play stereotypical characters, but the script and their acting carries the film and makes it light but enagaging. Not a classic, but worth watching for the lead performances.

Actors

Colin FirthColin Firth
Cameron DiazCameron Diaz
Alan RickmanAlan Rickman
Tom CourtenyTom Courteny
Stanley TucciStanley Tucci
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Pip Torrens
Selina Cadell
Togo Igawa
Cloris LeachmanCloris Leachman
Ana Skellern

Oscars

None
Writers

Joel and Ethan Cohen
Gambit