Directed by Fabian
Bielinksy - Written by
Fabian Bielinsky
Starring Gaston Pauls,
Ricardo Darin
Distributed by Sony
Classics -
2000 - 114mins - Rated R
TC Candler's Review
B+
Twist-o-rama...
This
is the film that David Mamet has been trying to
make for a decade. Nine Queens is about
small-time grifters playing a con upon a con,
hidden by a swindle, disguising a vengeful
heist... you get the picture. This film is tons
of fun. Witty dialogue and mind games are
littered throughout this movie that really lets
us in on the con game... we see it from the
inside out. There are many types of con artists
and we see them all in this story. But who will
get the last laugh? Just when you think you've
figured it out... another twist!!! Whereas
Mamet's films are becoming way too
predictable... this is one you'll have fun
trying to figure out.