'How To Make a Killing' Review: Glen Powell's Charisma Can't Save Disappointing Crime Caper
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How To Make a Killing , the new film from writer-director John Patton Ford, feels designed from the ground up in response to the all-too-common refrain, “They don’t make ’em like they used to.” In this case, the “them” being comedic crime capers, and even more specifically, old Ealing Studios comedies. It’s hard to fault the movie for failing to live up to its inspiration, the 1949 Robert Hamer-directed, Alec Guinness-starring classic Kind Hearts and Coronets . Tough to top perfection, after all. What’s disappointing about Ford’s follow-up to the great thriller Emily the Criminal is its failure to capture the tone and wit that made those British films enduringly popular.
John Patton Ford is an American film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the film Emily the Criminal (2022), as well as the upcoming How to Make a Killing.
Sarah Margaret Qualley ( KWAW-lee; born October 23, 1994) is an American actress. A daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, she trained as a ballet dancer in her youth. She made her acting debut in the 2013 drama film Palo Alto and gained recognition for her supporting role in the HBO drama series The ...
How to Make a Killing is an upcoming black comedy thriller film written and directed by John Patton Ford, loosely inspired by the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets by Robert Hamer and John Dighton. Glen Powell stars and is an executive producer on the film, along with Margaret Qualley, Jess...
Jessica Henwick ( HEN-ik) (born 30 August 1992) is an English actress, writer and director. She began her career in 2010 and is best known for her roles in Game of Thrones (2015–17), Iron Fist (2017–18), Love and Monsters (2020), Underwater (2020), The Defenders (2017), The Matrix Resurrections (202...
How To Make a Killing , the new film from writer-director John Patton Ford, feels designed from the ground up in response to the all-too-common refrain, “They don’t make ’em like they used to.” In this case, the “them” being comedic crime capers, and even more specifically, old Ealing Studios comedies. It’s hard to fault the movie for failing to live up to its inspiration, the 1949 Robert Hamer-directed, Alec Guinness-starring classic Kind Hearts and Coronets . Tough to top perfection, after all. What’s disappointing about Ford’s follow-up to the great thriller Emily the Criminal is its failure to capture the tone and wit that made those British films enduringly popular.