2014-A tale about an ill-planned kidnapping by couple of ex-con knuckleheads. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch", the film stars Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes and Tim Robbins.
Mildly interesting although having just re-watched Get Shorty, one spends the entire time thinking about how this could have been in the hands of a better director. He tries to emulate Tarantino but I think gets too hung up worrying that people will accuse him of precisely doing that. So, there is a whiff of the Q-the snappy dialogue and period music but quite bland in comparison. Probably the weakest part is whyo'why Jennifer Aniston? Ok, I can understand the concept of star power draw but really folks, Jen is limited. I wondered if the casting director was trying to be Q ironic by casting against type when they thought of Jen-you know-over the single-malts: "yeah, I was thinking this would be like casting Travolta in Pulp." Uhhh, well-this didn't pan out pal. Still, if you come across it-it's worth a view just for spending time in the convoluted universe of Elmore Leonard.
Much lighter than Tarantino, though. I thought that Jen's deadpan murmur, "Mmm," gave it a nice rhythm.
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