Focus is a film of utter blandness that is only brought up by the charisma of it's stars, and a few scenes that are really entertaining. The rest of it is a slog. It's a film trying to be lush, lavish, and dangerous, but only comes off as boring. Even Margot Robbie can't save a movie like this, and she is from one of the best films about crime that you can ever see. But that was a grounded thrill of a film. This one just sucks, and it sucks in such a way that I can't even put my finger on where it all went wrong. Will Smith has a lot of charisma, and he brings it to the movie but the film is plotted to densely for the film to only skate along on the charisma of one or two actors. It doesn't help that the film gets even more complicated near it's end. As more people keep lying, and the story becomes more convoluted the film just becomes bogged down. There is unfortunately only one moment of this film that doesn't feel forced. It's an intense scene in a football stadium that is incredibly fun to watch. About 2 minutes later the film dropped off the map again though, so it doesn't really matter. Honestly this is just one of those bad movies that is bad because it's boring, and even if it is all filmed well and looks nice it still isn't very good. I give Focus a 4 out of 10.
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