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Film · Universal · 1973

The Sting

Name: The Sting scores 31 — Live Historic
Item: The Sting
Rating: 31
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31Leave it.

The craft is a joy, and it is still a theft told so you will enjoy it.

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The review

The grin is earned, which is the trouble. A young grifter and an older one build a con so large it looks like a business, set against a crime boss who killed their friend. The pieces click. The friendship is why they take the risk. You like them. The film likes them. The mark is a killer, so the room feels clear.

It is still a theft, told as a pleasure. I had a good time and I will not fake a frown I did not have. I also will not call a fake business a living. The dead friend makes the revenge feel decent, and the money was never theirs. Enjoy the clockwork. Call it a theft before you praise the timing.

Journal

Keep The Sting in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 31. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Household and Piety and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Godfather

41 instead of 31

The Godfather is still a crime film, and it scores 41 instead of 31. What you gain is industry: The family is grimly competent.

The eight

4
Industry
They build something that looks like a business, and the business is a con.
3
Household
Their reason is a friend the boss killed, and the con is how they answer.
2
Piety
They build the lie on purpose, and the plot never makes them drop it.
7
Courage
They risk the whole con against a boss who has already killed their friend.
2
Republic
They settle a private score and do not owe the city an honest dollar.
2
Temperance
The con is told as a pleasure, and the theft itself is the payoff.
3
Truth
The elaborate lie is the entertainment, and the grifters do not pay it back.
2
Stewardship
They finish with a settled score and money that was not theirs to take.

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Film · Biograph · 1903

A Search for Evidence

31Leave it.

Not for us: they check a marriage through looks the occupants never allowed.

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The review

McCutcheon sends a woman and a detective to hotel doors that aren't theirs. The keyhole is the tool. The marriage is being investigated by a look the occupants did not allow. Adult. I'm not describing the rooms, and I'm not putting this on.

I've wanted to know if a promise broke. This answers that want with a peep. The detective has a job, and the method is still a door nobody opened for them. I don't call that a clean search. The offense and the product are the same look.

Journal

Keep A Search for Evidence in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 31. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Courage and Republic and Temperance and Truth and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Blood and Sand

43 instead of 31

Blood and Sand is still a drama film, and it scores 43 instead of 31. What you gain is courage: The boy risks the arena, and the arena is allowed to ruin him.