"The Outfit"

George K · wrote on 15 Jun 2022, 22:49

Premise: The ever-wonderful Mark Rylance stars as a ~~cutter~~ tailor in Chicago in the 1950s. He makes bespoke suits in his shop. The shop also acts as a drop-off point for Chicago mobsters collecting funds, exchanging messages etc. He turns a blind eye to all of this stuff.

Until things go wrong, terribly wrong.

Yeah there are some silly plot holes (such as people not really being dead after being shot), but overall, not a bad way to spend a couple of hours.

It's one of those movies in which everything takes place in one location, the tailor's shop.

Acting is great. Directing and editing is great.

Yeah, some major plot holes, but an interesting story, well-acted.

If you like gangster movies, this might fit your bill.

The Outfit is a 2022 American crime drama film directed by Graham Moore in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Moore and Johnathan McClain. The film stars an ensemble cast including Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O'Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Simon Russell Beale. The plot centers around an English tailor, or, as he prefers to be called, a "cutter", (Rylance) in Chicago whose primary customers are a family of vicious gangsters. The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on February 14, 2022,[4] and was released in the United States on March 18, 2022, by Focus Features. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.

Of note, Rylance's character, who is British (referred to as "English" by the other characters in the movie) pronounces Chicago as "Tschicago." Everyone else pronounces it "Shicago."