It's March 2020 and London is under covid lockdown. Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Linda (Anne Hathaway) have broken up but are still forced to live in the same house. He is an underemployed van driver after a fight and prison record have left him with little opportunity. She works for a high-end jewelry company and forced to fire her subordinates. A coincidence has them both evacuating a $3 million diamond from the temporarily closed Harrods.
Director Doug Liman is doing a covid movie with a heist squeezed into the last act. It's basically two movies and the two hour running time very much indicates that. There is the overall relationship story and I find that interesting in a covid way. It tries to do some comedic touches which works to a certain level but can't actually be laugh out loud funny. It is little bits of quirkiness in all the Zoom calls. I also wonder if it's too soon or too close to home. The second story is the heist story and I'm more conflicted. It's a pedestrian heist more notable for getting a tour of Harrods. There is a way to make the heist more dangerous but that would involve more work. I don't think the short production schedule would allow for that. This is more seat-of-the-pants production. All in all, I like the two performances and the relationship stuff.
Director Doug Liman is doing a covid movie with a heist squeezed into the last act. It's basically two movies and the two hour running time very much indicates that. There is the overall relationship story and I find that interesting in a covid way. It tries to do some comedic touches which works to a certain level but can't actually be laugh out loud funny. It is little bits of quirkiness in all the Zoom calls. I also wonder if it's too soon or too close to home. The second story is the heist story and I'm more conflicted. It's a pedestrian heist more notable for getting a tour of Harrods. There is a way to make the heist more dangerous but that would involve more work. I don't think the short production schedule would allow for that. This is more seat-of-the-pants production. All in all, I like the two performances and the relationship stuff.