Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Wonderful character development!

Brilliant and touching

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

It uses a lot of puns; the hotel 'major' reference will leave you rolling. This movie doesn't beat you over the head with unrealistic comedy, nor does it over-explain the jokes, some of the humor is quite subtle. The younger crowd who love Seth Rogan-type movies will not 'get' this movie. Yet, Gambit is well written, and is a fun romp of witty entertainment. Alan Rickman (rip) was great as well as all the cast. BTW - they actually do have dog-riding cowmonkeys in Texas rodeos:).

first, for be more than a simple remake. the second, for Cameron Diaz who gives more than the well known recipe of romantic comedies. and, sure, for Colin Firth, remembering Michael Caine in the version of 1966, but using his admirable art for a comedy preserving the flavor of classic films from "60- "70 decades. this is the secret for this admirable mix of irony and adventure.

Art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) intends to take revenge against his abusive boss Shabandar (Alan Rickman) by getting him to buy a fake Monet which was stolen by the Nazis. With the forger Major, they recruit cowgirl PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz) for the job. They take a picture of PJ with Grandma Merle (Cloris Leachman) and the fake picture hanging in their Texas trailer. Her grandfather had led the American takeover of the Nazi compound. Shabandar is not as eager as Harry had hoped as the scam drains his coffers. Shabandar brings in his private curator Martin Zaidenweber (Stanley Tucci).The Coen brothers adapted the script and it needed them to bring their vision to fruition. Everybody is doing a slightly off wacky. I'm sure the Coens would have calibrated the characters correctly but far too often, the characters come off as silly cartoons. It's rather annoying to see these characters done so badly. Watching this movie is like trying to listen to that Japanese character saying his English lines. None of it is funny and some of it can be offensive to the senses.

The sort of crime/comedy capers that starred big names in psychedelic colours and absolutely up to the minute fashions quickly palled only to be briefly resuscitated by Mr P.Bogdanovich in the sublime "What's up,Doc?"which also echoed much earlier works by the great Hollywood directors. Unfortunately,the evidence here is that the Coen Bros do not have the grasp of this broad humour in contrast to their recognised skill with "funny" that sometimes isn't "funny" at all but instead rather "disturbing". So "Gambit" is either a painfully unfunny satire or a wildly over- acted and painfully unfunny "hommage" to the briefly popular international super - productions loaded with stars that scarcely had us rolling in the aisles forty years ago and the survivors of which genre make for embarrassing viewing today. And so it is with this woeful production featuring some very hammy performances by big - name actors who mug desperately and try to look as if it was all terrific fun on the off- chance that such enjoyment might be infectious. Unfortunately for them it isn't. Mr A.Rickman is particularly guilty in this respect,making his Sheriff of Nottingham seem like a masterclass in restraint. Messrs Firth and Courtenay are like the Cannon and Ball of the 21st century. Miss C.Diaz wears a fixed grin like a politician kissing his 20th baby of the day. It is loud,boorish and tedious. Presumably the remuneration was in direct disproportion to the artistic effort displayed. A blip,one hopes,on the Coen's splendid C.V. that hopefully will neither be held against them nor repeated. I urge you not to waste your time on it.