The Outfit (2022)

The Outfit (2022)

R

Surprising till the very end, The Outfit is a well-made and satisfying mob mystery

7.4

Movie

United Kingdom, United States of America
English, French, Japanese
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2022
GRAHAM MOORE
Dylan O'Brien, Johnathan McClain, Johnny Flynn
106 min

What it's about

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

The take

The Outfit doesn’t need to do a lot to be as sleek and surprising as it is. In fact, much of the film takes place in a single place while consisting of only a few (albeit memorable) characters. It’s deceptively simple, but the tricks it hides up its sleeves are plentiful and pleasurable. It’s a well-made and even better-performed gangster movie. Led by a quietly powerful Mark Rylance (who plays Leonard, the tailor with hidden depths), the actors are serious enough to lend it gravitas but easygoing enough to make it light on its feet.  

All in all, The Outfit is an agile action film with twists that will keep you at the edge of your seat right till the very end. 

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