Criminal (2004 film)

Criminal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gregory Jacobs
Screenplay by	Gregory Jacobs Sam Lowry
Based on	Nueve reinas by Fabián Bielinsky
Produced by	George Clooney Gregory Jacobs Steven Soderbergh
Starring	John C. Reilly Diego Luna Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cinematography	Chris Menges
Edited by	Stephen Mirrione
Music by	Alex Wurman
Production company	Section Eight Productions
Distributed by	Warner Independent Pictures
Release date	September 10, 2004 (2004-09-10)
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	United States Argentina
Language	English

Criminal is a 2004 American crime drama film co-written and directed by Gregory Jacobs and a remake of the Argentine film Nine Queens (2000). It stars John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Maeve Quinlan. The film is a production of Section Eight, the production company of Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney.

Plot

Richard Gaddis is a small-time crook with a penchant for con games. To hook marks, he acts like a well-to-do businessman, dressing like one and driving a Mercedes-Benz S500,^[1] believing that one must look like a professional in order to be a successful conman.

Gaddis is searching for a new partner with whom he can perform more sophisticated cons. He discovers Rodrigo after he sees the young man playing some minor con games in a casino-bar. When Rodrigo is caught, Gaddis acts the part of a vice officer to save him from being arrested. Rodrigo's contribution is a face and naive manner so trustable that he is able to con anyone, while Richard is both completely unprincipled and clever. After several small tests to determine Rodrigo's trustworthiness, he suggests a partnership, to which Rodrigo quickly agrees.

Although Rodrigo distrusts Richard greatly, he agrees to partner him on a gigantic scam, provided he gets a percentage of the money gained to help his ailing father, who is in trouble because of his gambling debts. Richard accepts, and they plan to sell a fraudulent version of a silver certificate currency note to William Hannigan, a rich collector who is in town.

When Hannigan takes a fancy to the uptight Valerie, Gaddis' sister who is a concierge at a hotel, Gaddis is forced to pull her into the scam, the price of which is Richard's admission to their brother Michael that he has cheated him out of his share of their inheritance. The plot twists constantly as each of the characters becomes more deeply invested in the scam, and the ever-deceitful Richard tries to cheat Rodrigo, Valerie and Michael out of their share of the take.

In a twist ending, it is revealed that all the major players involved, including Rodrigo and Hannigan, were playing a "confidence game" against Gaddis from the very beginning, so that Valerie and Michael could rightfully take their share of their inheritance.

Cast

John C. Reilly as Richard Gaddis
Diego Luna as Rodrigo
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Valerie
Maeve Quinlan as Laura
Peter Mullan as William Hannigan
Jonathan Tucker as Michael
Ellen Geer as Grandma
Malik Yoba as Frank Hill
Laura Ceron as Waitress
Zitto Kazann as Ochoa
Michael Shannon as Gene

Production

Adaptation

Criminal is based on the Argentine classic crime film Nine Queens (2000), directed by Fabián Bielinsky. The original story has also been adapted in Hindi as Bluffmaster! (2005), and in Malayalam as Gulumaal: The Escape (2009).

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 69% of 123 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "If you saw Nine Queens, it may feel redundant, but the snappy performances make it fun to watch."^[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[3]

References

^ http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_9620-Mercedes-Benz-S-500-W220-2004.html 2004 Mercedes-Benz S 500 [W220] in Criminal, Movie, 2004
^ "Criminal". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^ "Criminal". Metacritic. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

External links

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Criminal (2004) Wind Chill (2007) Magic Mike XXL (2015)

Steven Soderbergh

Films

Directed	9012Live (1985) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) Kafka (1991) King of the Hill (1993) The Underneath (1995) Schizopolis (1996) Gray's Anatomy (1996) Out of Sight (1998) The Limey (1999) Erin Brockovich (2000) Traffic (2000) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Full Frontal (2002) Solaris (2002) Eros (2004) Ocean's Twelve (2004) Bubble (2005) The Good German (2006) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Che (2008) The Girlfriend Experience (2009) The Informant! (2009) And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) Contagion (2011) Haywire (2011) Magic Mike (2012) Side Effects (2013) Behind the Candelabra (2013) Logan Lucky (2017) Unsane (2018) High Flying Bird (2019) The Laundromat (2019) Let Them All Talk (2020) No Sudden Move (2021) Kimi (2022) Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) Presence (2024) Black Bag (2025)
Produced	The Daytrippers (1996) Pleasantville (1998) Welcome to Collinwood (2002) Criminal (2004) The Jacket (2005) Solitary Man (2009) Ocean's 8 (2018) The Report (2019)
Written	Nightwatch (1997) Criminal (2004)

Television series

K Street (2003)
The Knick (2014–15)
The Girlfriend Experience (2016–21)
Mosaic (2018)
Full Circle (2023)
Command Z (2023)

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