Logan Lucky

Who wants to watch the perfumed masters of the thievery craft in a well-fitting suit today... It's a white trash world. Soderbergh is back with another genre short circuit, which is not even a little blunt, even though it looks that way at first glance. A manically constructed, deliberately subversive, economically ridiculous indie mutation of the heist genre, which perhaps loses out where one expects the biggest attraction (robbery), but it makes up for it where Ocean's Eleven was completely powerless - on a social level. You can sympathize with the Logan’s group in the most ordinary of things. When John Denver's hackneyed song sounds from the mouth of a disgustingly painted child, it's unexpectedly the best thing ever. An ode to being a loser, a film sneering at the pompous American facade, but equally sensitive to characters from the periphery... it's not a completely smooth ride, but it's something you can easily fall in love with. Steven returns dignity to the rednecks. That is not the only reason why it is good that he returned to the screen. (08/31/2017)

It probably wouldn't be a good idea to go into Logan Lucky thinking you'll get a redneck version of Ocean’s Eleven, but I didn't count on that. On the other hand, the new Soderbergh film might have some of that style. Actually, probably any style. While there are a few endearingly bizarre humorous moments, Logan Lucky is far from a comedy. There's a heist, but its fairly seamless planning and execution is unlikely to excite fans of heist movies. There's some drama, too, as the protagonists have to deal with the fact that their lives are in the gutter and it's not likely to get any better, but we don't get anything groundbreaking or particularly interesting in that regard either. And what you end up with is a film that, while full of stars, fails to entertain in any of its forms. Fortunately, it doesn't bore either. (08/31/2017)

I was going to give the film two stars but ended up adding a third one thanks to the second half. Once again, Channing Tatum failed to convince me that he's an actor. The only performance worth mentioning was Daniel Craig’s. I wasn't particularly enjoying the film until about halfway through, which is when things got slightly better, but I still felt like I I'd seen it all before (several times). (01/25/2018)

A film about a bunch of assholes, completely different from the usual Hollywood films. The Logan brothers are retarded. One is all muscles and the other one is missing a hand, so he is truly crippled. For their break-in gang they also recruit Daniel Craig, who is at the time sitting in jail with one last month of desperate staring into the wall left. However, they come up with an idea how to take him along, even though he is in jail, which gives the whole thing an absurd dimension. The film is funny at times, especially when there is a rebellion in jail because they do not have the newest volume of The Game of Thrones source book series in their library. Otherwise, it is your usual average film. For a while the absurdity reminded me of the Coen brothers’ stories, the only difference being that their characters and dialogues are way funnier than in this film. (01/27/2018)

Steven Soderberg has never convinced me with his direction, but I loved this redneck version of Ocean’s Eleven. A very entertaining and likeable film with an enjoyable cast (Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig and Hilary Swank are excellent) and quite possibly one of the most thoughtful and original heist films I've ever had the opportunity to see. There's the occasional funny scene, no shortage of tension, great chemistry between the characters and I really stared with rapt attention for the final 40 minutes. A very nice surprise, I hadn't even hoped for such satisfaction. Almost 5 stars. 85%. (11/16/2017)