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- 2022
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 45 m
Summary An expert tailor (Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Directed By: Graham Moore
Written By: Johnathan McClain, Graham Moore
- 2022
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 45 m
- 2022
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 45 m
The Outfit
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7.2
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Summary An expert tailor (Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Directed By: Graham Moore
Written By: Johnathan McClain, Graham Moore
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
69
79% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
21% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
69
79% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
21% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Moore’s outstanding direction (seriously, how is this his first feature-length effort?) is stylish, subtly reeling one in, as the suspense and thrills slowly boil over.
At the center of this clever pinwheel of a story—Moore co-wrote the script with Johnathan McClain—is Rylance, whose economy of motion and emotion is a marvel.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 91 User Ratings
7.2
75% Positive
68 Ratings
68 Ratings
21% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
4% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 91 User Ratings
7.2
75% Positive
68 Ratings
68 Ratings
21% Mixed
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
4% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
I loved this movie! Very smart and makes you love all of the characters. I didnt know what to expect from this movie going in, but m uh expectations were well exceeded.
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If the work of a tailor is like a work of art, this film is the most identical to the work of a tailor; the handling of suspense is identified with Hitchcock's style keeping the viewer anxious, and with surprising twists.
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Rylance (“Bridge of Spies”) anchors it all, creating a character with unexpected layers, like a suit with an elegant silk lining you didn’t realize was there.
In the end, the story becomes a little too convoluted and the resolution is over-the-top but, for the most part, the twists and turns keep the viewer engaged, the puzzle pieces fit together on a second viewing, and Rylance never ceases to mesmerize.
Despite its many twists, The Outfit is a fairly straightforward thriller, buoyed by its sharp narrative turns and a quietly subversive Rylance.
What Moore’s film strives toward, and touches only erratically, is an emotional claustrophobia to match its physical squeeze.
What The Outfit doesn’t generate much of is organic suspense. With an air of duplicitousness telegraphed early on, and a handful of scenes coming off like information dumps instead of natural exchanges, many of the story mechanics strain for believability.
Really enjoyed it, one of best movies I have seen from the newer ones. Great story and acting and whole setup. Some might dislike as it used kinda theatre setup - I have not checked, but maybe it even has been a play before? I like such type of movies, but some dislike, but other than that it was still great.
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Even if has one too many twist in the end, The Outfit is well worth a watch for Rylance's performance alone - and for those interested in a well-constructed, character-driven thriller.
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It plays like 'Reservoir Dogs,' but the dynamics aren't as thrilling as the Tarantino classic. This one-location film frames the calculated moves of a man forged by solitude and despair who slowly reveals his true self. Mark Rylance — as a Chicago tailor who has a pact with the local mafia —, of course, doesn't disappoint, but the plot feels too convenient to feel satisfying, and it gets very convoluted for you to care. In the end, 'The Outfit' is a decent gangster film with good acting and a somewhat interesting concept, but the messy execution keeps it from becoming more exhilarating.
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admirable
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worthy of admiration; inspiring approval, reverence, or affection.
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Production Company
FilmNation Entertainment,
Focus Features,
Scoop Productions (II),
Unified Theory
Release Date Mar 18, 2022
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
Tagline Every Suspect Fits a Pattern
Awards
Internet Film Critic Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
