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And I'm not even sure what about this movie didn't click with me. I was unsure because I didn't love the movie nor did I hate it. It's not because I didn't like the movie, I've been waiting to write a review savaging a film. I've debated whether or not I should review this movie. Other people get killed and beat up, and eventually the movie ends. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.American Gangster.American Gangster.American Gangster has a beginning, and a middle, and even an end. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. MONDELLO: You might also say that about Rylance's performance, which is a cut above in "The Outfit." I'm Bob Mondello.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. The things I make, like that suit of yours - it's timeless. RYLANCE: (As Leonard) Fashionable things - they don't last. He learned his craft well enough that he made the suit he wears in the film, wears with studied cool, let's note, as his character's life and several others hang by a thread. Actor Rylance wields them expertly, having prepared to play this role by studying with cutters on London's Savile Row. But as the gangsters' plans come unraveled, you'll find yourself wondering how else he might use his shears. MONDELLO: Meaning he cuts the cloth and creates whole garments. RYLANCE: (As Leonard) I studied for decades to be a cutter. Burling keeps saying he's not a tailor tailors sew on buttons. The action is confined to the shop's interior, almost as if it were a theatre set, with the close confines helping build the pressure and focus your attention on, say, a snag in a plan or fraying nerves. Director and co-writer Graham Moore has constructed "The Outfit" as a pressure cooker who-done-what and tailored it specifically to suit its leading man, Mark Rylance, and his most threatening customer, Simon Russell Beale, both of whom are nuanced stage performers.
MONDELLO: So all of this is set up for a game of gangster cat and mouse in which you're never quite sure who's the cat. And here's this guy, Burling, who's good with a needle and thread. But it's Francis's job to keep Richie alive. MONDELLO: Even in a gang war, Francis, the enforcer, and Richie are skeptical of each other. You follow? Making matters worse, there are a thousand racket boys hunting for it too, and if they find it, they start shooting. JOHNNY FLYNN: (As Francis) There are a thousand blue boys out there hunting for this. Richie Boyle bleeding profusely, and his father's enforcer clutching a tape. The Boyle crime family uses it for messages, and there's been increased traffic of late something about a rival LaFontaine family, African American gangsters running numbers and a mysterious recording. MONDELLO: Burling has made his peace with the lockbox. RYLANCE: (As Leonard) If we only allowed angels to be customers, then we'd have no customers at all.ĭEUTCH: (As Mable) Do we let all of our customers keep black boxes in back? RYLANCE: (As Leonard) Those men may be customers, but they are not gentlemen.ĭEUTCH: (As Mable) Could have fooled me in those nice clothes you make for them. RYLANCE: (As Leonard) I didn't mean it like that.ĭEUTCH: (As Mable) You meant it like, I saw you smiling at Richie Boyle earlier, and now I'm petrified that you're running with a bad batch. ZOEY DEUTCH: (As Mable) I do not need you telling me who to date. Burling may keep his thoughts to himself, but he notices and he worries about their effect on his receptionist, Mable, played by Zoey Deutch, much to her annoyance.
MONDELLO: Ah, but these particular customers who tuck guns in their waistbands and show up when sirens wail. RYLANCE: (As Leonard) You cannot make something good until you understand your customer. We watch him chalking and cutting fabric, stitching linings, turning bolts of tweed and silk into garments that give his customers broad shoulders, make them stand taller. But in that case, Burling is a superb craftsman. MARK RYLANCE: (As Leonard) This isn't art. Critic Bob Mondello says "The Outfit" is tailor-made to keep audiences guessing.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: Chicago, 1956 - a rundown section of town that seems an unlikely spot for the masterly suit-making art of Leonard Burling.
It's about an underworld group his gangster customers hope to join. The intimate new thriller "The Outfit" is set in a tailor shop, but the film is not about the outfits he makes.
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