Redneck Ocean's Eleven.
That pretty much says it all, and it's not really surprising since Steven Soderbergh directed this movie as well as the Ocean's films.
Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is a down on his luck ex-high school football star, with an injured leg and an ex-wife who has married into money and is threatening to move away with his daughter. When he loses his construction job, he teams up with his brother Clyde (Adam Driver) and proposes that they rob Charlotte Motor Speedway to get the money he'll need to fight to keep his daughter. Jimmy's construction job was fixing sinkholes in the speedway infield, and he has seen where the speedway keeps all its money. All they need is a few people to help execute his plan. The pair hire Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) and a few other low rent co-conspirators, and set off to steal a lot of money, in a complex heist, predictably running into a variety of snags along the way.
The ads for Logan Lucky made it seem like it might be some sort of redneck slapstick comedy, but that's not really what the movie is. There are funny moments, but the tone is much more like the Ocean's movies, where it's primarily a heist movie with dramatic undertones, and some funny circumstances tossed in. The acting is generally pretty decent, except maybe for Seth MacFarlane who just really isn't ever any good (he should stick to animation). The ensemble cast is actually pretty stacked, with Tatum and Driver, plus Craig, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Hillary Swank, Katie Holmes, and a handful of other familiar faces. The film also generally moves pretty well, although it seemed to slow down a bit in the middle.
Overall, I enjoyed Logan Lucky, and liked the application of a somewhat familiar formula to a different world. There was no sex or violence, and just a bit of foul language. Although the movie hasn't done so well with box office, if you're looking for something other than big action or animated kids' movies, and if you liked the Ocean's feel, you could do a lot worse than seeing this at the theater.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)
That pretty much says it all, and it's not really surprising since Steven Soderbergh directed this movie as well as the Ocean's films.
Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) is a down on his luck ex-high school football star, with an injured leg and an ex-wife who has married into money and is threatening to move away with his daughter. When he loses his construction job, he teams up with his brother Clyde (Adam Driver) and proposes that they rob Charlotte Motor Speedway to get the money he'll need to fight to keep his daughter. Jimmy's construction job was fixing sinkholes in the speedway infield, and he has seen where the speedway keeps all its money. All they need is a few people to help execute his plan. The pair hire Joe Bang (Daniel Craig) and a few other low rent co-conspirators, and set off to steal a lot of money, in a complex heist, predictably running into a variety of snags along the way.
The ads for Logan Lucky made it seem like it might be some sort of redneck slapstick comedy, but that's not really what the movie is. There are funny moments, but the tone is much more like the Ocean's movies, where it's primarily a heist movie with dramatic undertones, and some funny circumstances tossed in. The acting is generally pretty decent, except maybe for Seth MacFarlane who just really isn't ever any good (he should stick to animation). The ensemble cast is actually pretty stacked, with Tatum and Driver, plus Craig, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Hillary Swank, Katie Holmes, and a handful of other familiar faces. The film also generally moves pretty well, although it seemed to slow down a bit in the middle.
Overall, I enjoyed Logan Lucky, and liked the application of a somewhat familiar formula to a different world. There was no sex or violence, and just a bit of foul language. Although the movie hasn't done so well with box office, if you're looking for something other than big action or animated kids' movies, and if you liked the Ocean's feel, you could do a lot worse than seeing this at the theater.
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)