It doesn't bring anything original to the genre, but this is a really fun movie.Nicky (Will Smith) is an established con man. He runs a crew of pickpockets around various cities. Jess (Margot Robbie) is a very junior con woman. She tries to make a mark out of Nicky and gets caught. He sees her potential, however, and takes her under his wing as his crew works the time leading up to the Superbowl in New Orleans. Then Jess starts to develop feelings for Nicky, so he cuts her loose. Three years later, they meet again in Buenos Aires only this time Jess is the girlfriend of Nicky's mark, racing magnate Garriga (Rodrigo Santoro), and Nicky is finding it very hard to keep his mind on the job. Garriga's head of security, Owens (Gerald McRaney), smells a rat but isn't quite sure which one is going to cause more damage.
Focus is certainly entertaining and it's nice to see Will Smith out being charming once more. He has good chemistry with Robbie, the locations and costumes are gorgeous, and the supporting cast is solid. Farhad (Adrian Martinez) in particular is my new spirit animal. The only one that threw me off is Santoro, and that's due to nothing he did, it was just weird not seeing him covered in gold body paint. This is one of the last films that Christy got before she moved out, so she gave me the DVD copy from her combo pack. If you can get it for free, obviously, do so, but it's worth a rental at least or picking up a copy on sale.
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