the film periodically livens up, and Oyelowo shows that he can play comedy, but his performance isn't given much guidance or room to grow and the direction is very flat and uninspired. Theron has been ill-advised here
the crime caper offers up off-kilter roles for stars David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, and Charlize Theron, but lacks the unique pop of the filmmaker's early work
solid chunks of the screwball humor land like bricks, and the characters--most of them idiots, assholes, or suckers--are colorfully over-the-top but not especially memorable