Logan Lucky

— It’s hard to believe I chose to see a film whose one-line summary is “Two brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.” This may be the perfect plot for an end-of-summer release, but without Stephen Soderbergh directing and some decent stars (Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Katie Holmes), I’m sure I would have passed. It’s easy to see a bit of “Ocean’s Eleven” in the film and plenty of weird and deadpan humor, but it’s hard to know who’ll see the hillbilly humor as offensive and who’ll see it as just having fun. Either way, it’s a clever script in the hands of a crisp director, resulting in a good time without a lot of glitz and without a lot of angst.

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[2017. 119 min. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, and Farrah Mackenzie.]
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jul/24/logan-lucky-review-steven-soderbergh-channing-tatum-daniel-craig