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Criminal

Another pointless Hollywood remake of a foreign film that was just fine to begin with, this updates the 2000 Argentinian con-man drama Nine Queens with half the panache and none of the surprise of the original. John C. Reilly steps out of character-actor
status as the lead, a middle-aged grifter who teams up with a young novice (Diego Luna) to dupe a collector into buying counterfeit copies of rare U.S. currency.

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