A review of the recent film “The Gentlemen”
You know what you’re getting with Guy Ritchie and this is a quintessentially Guy Ritchie movie: he co-created the story, co-wrote the script, and both produced and directed. So unsurprisingly this crime story, set in London, has a convoluted plot with plenty of violence and bad language plus a fair bit of humour.
What makes it particularly entertaining is the casting. Matthew McConaughey – always a class act – is the American with a highly lucrative marijuana business which he wishes to sell. Framing the whole narrative with his own story is a British geezer played by Hugh Grant as you have never seen and hear him before. Supporting cast members include Michelle Dockery from TV series “Downton Abbey” and Colin Farrell from everything.
It’s all rather silly but diverting fun.