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- 2015
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
- 2015
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Nicky (Will Smith) is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he’s teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame—now an accomplished femme fatale—shows up in Buenos Aires in...
Directed By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Written By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- 2015
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
- 2015
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 45 m
Focus
56
6.2
Where to Watch
Summary Nicky (Will Smith) is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess (Margot Robbie). As he’s teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame—now an accomplished femme fatale—shows up in Buenos Aires in...
Directed By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Written By: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
56
57% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
31% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
12% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 42 Critic Reviews
56
57% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
31% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
12% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
This is just sheer, escapist entertainment from start to finish.
Ficarra and Requa are good at creating a sense of momentum in their films that carries you along from scene to scene, and a film like this depends largely on chemistry. Smith and Robbie have bundles of it, so there is an easy pleasure to watching them circle each other.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 298 User Ratings
6.2
46% Positive
137 Ratings
137 Ratings
43% Mixed
127 Ratings
127 Ratings
11% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 298 User Ratings
6.2
46% Positive
137 Ratings
137 Ratings
43% Mixed
127 Ratings
127 Ratings
11% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
It never loses the dazzling surface polish, but without trying to dig deeper, the movie strings us along in the hopes of something more, not unlike one of the cons at its center.
Focus never quite comes into clear view. It's a muddled and twisting romantic caper that at times feels like Steven Soderbergh lite.
This is maximum-gloss entertainment with its fair share of tricksy rug-pulls. But, like one of the neon-coloured cocktails Smith drinks in it, it’s more of an immediate rush than something you’ll remember in a year.
This ultra-slick, fantasy-inducing visit to an international wonder world of wealth and deception plays more like an inventory of thieving and gambling techniques than a captivating diversion, even if it's hard not to be voyeuristically pulled in by some of its ruses.
Will Smith may have run through every trick in his bag. In Focus, the one-time fresh prince and former box-office champ looks tired, bored and, even worse, uninspired.
I loved Focus!!!' This movie was very sophisticated, I laughed, I almost cried a few times, I said to my self no please don't do that so many times as well. Will Smith and Margot Robbie are the best couple on screen! If you like movies that make you think and put you on the edge of your seat Focus is the one for you! Oh and Margot Robbie is so hot and the best Young actress in Hollywood right now!
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Focus has well-portrayed, likeable leads with good chemistry and thanks to some humour and the obligatory twists and turns is a thoroughly solid and enjoyable heist movie.
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Focus, the movie's got an interesting plot with a few good scenes but it's got plenty of scenes which don't link up very well and they end up not making much sense.
Also, the acting from Jess (Margot Robbie) and Nicky (Will Smith) is great and their dialogue is also pretty good.
I just wish the rest of the cast's dialogue was a bit better because it came off quite forced in a lot of the scenes, in my opinion.
Finally, the movie's got some very clever scenes and it's got some very predictable moments but I really liked that scene with Nicky and Jess, where they're betting money down, I thought that was quite clever.
Overall, Focus isn't that bad of a movie. The movie's got a pretty good cast, some alright dialogue and some very clever moments.
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"Focus" is definitely a step-up for Will Smith after his roles in the atrocities that were "Winter's Tale" and "After Earth", but just how big is that step? Sadly, it is only a very small increment. This movie falls into the kind of entertainment that you have to turn your brain off to enjoy, and where the absurdity of the plot is far funnier than the cheesy jokes written in the script.
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Production Company
K&S Films,
RatPac-Dune Entertainment,
Zaftig Films
Release Date Feb 27, 2015
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Tagline Never Drop The Con.
Website
http://focusmovie.com/
Awards
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 1 Nomination
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination
