IMDb plot summary: An expert cutter must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Directed by Graham Moore. Starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, and John Gumley-Mason.
The Outfit is set in the shop of an English cutter who learned his craft on Savile Row and now has a successful business in Chicago where he makes suits for, among others, mobsters. We observe his shop over the course of one night in which he becomes inextricably caught up in mobster infighting he is unprepared to deal with. The script is nicely paced, keeping just enough twists and reveals to keep us interested as the story plays out in our one chosen location, and Mark Rylance is, of course, a phenomenal actor as our lead. He moves so seemlessly between appearing totally innocuous and hinting at dark secrets hidden below the surface. I also like how it keeps the tension intimate, focused on a few individuals at a time rather than constantly having to pull back to look at the big picture. My one complaint is that the final scenes of the movie escalate the story to a realm that I found less believable and certainly not necessary to keep the themes and the mood of the story intact, so that was a bit of a disappointment. But other than that, it's a well-crafted film.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The Outfit > Forever Young
The Outfit < Anna Karenina
The Outfit < Die Hard
The Outfit > Fanboys
The Outfit < Interview with the Vampire
The Outfit > VeggieTales: God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
The Outfit > Rachel, Rachel
The Outfit < An American Tail
The Outfit < Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Outfit > The Speed Cubers
The Outfit > Sweet Bird of Youth
The Outfit < Clueless
Final spot: #1540 out of 3736, or 59%.
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