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An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens).
Nine Queens
2000 ‘Nueve reinas’ Directed by Fabián Bielinsky
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Did you want to see some con artist movie like American Hustle which involves scam & hustle business? watch Nine Queens, this picture is not some pretentious and pedant film like American Hustle[I liked but...] Scorsese's wannabe, there are no hot and beautiful women on it, or big hit stars starring. Nine Queens is some original and clever film, full of witty and very elaborated characters. This story, by the way, are about the act of con peoples, moral, family and fortune and how we use day after day and don't need to have some narration to like "I have to survive." Knocking on your head every time - "I have to survive." - is some kind of thing you see…
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5/30 - Argentina
It took me 13 years but I got there in the end.
I actually bought Nine Queens on VHS back in 2002 on the way back from a Chinese restaurant. It was stuck in an ex-rental bargain bin outside a video shop. Cost me about a quid, I think. Never did get round to watching it as I was dragged kicking and screaming into the DVD era. I'm still reluctantly in that era, by the way.
It was just about worth the wait although I was a bit anxious. To say that Fabián Bielinsky's next film, The Aura tested my patience would be an understatement.…
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i’m on a mission that consists of watching a bunch of foreign films because foreign films make my life better, so if any of you have suggestions don’t hesitate to comment
now, about Nueve Reinas: its a really fun and interesting film, it gave me major tarantino and ocean’s eleven vibes. darín is spectacular, as always (he is really intense) and argentinian cinema never fails to amaze me with its complexity
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"There are no saints."
My venture into Argentine cinema begins with Nine Queens. I honestly don't think I can say that much about it. Not that much passed my mind while watching it that won't go into spoiler territory. That's not necessarily a bad thing.
The visuals weren't anything spectacular, but weren't distractingly bad either. I did notice the movie was shot on very grainy looking film stock, which made it feel a bit dated, but that didn't bother me in the slightest. I really love that look.
The main character was sympathizeable, and thus gave the movie enough narrative weight to keep going. It flows pretty well, one event happening after another with a near comic relentlessness
The ending was well orchestrated, and it didn't treat the audience like idiots with lazy flashbacks.
Nine Queens was a more than solid con artist flick from Argentina.
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Nine Queens invites you into a world of deceit from its opening moments, and intends you to be a victim too. It's a highly entertaining, twist-laden romp about two fast-talking, smart scam artists trying to outdo everyone around them, as well as each other. I can forgive the plot holes that the story has, as well as the not-entirely-credible storyline, because of the charisma that the film has and the quality of the acting. Really enjoyable despite its obvious flaws.
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Making a film that's almost all talking and having it not be wordy, hard to follow, or boring, is an almost impossible task, but Nine Queens achieves it. Starting with my favorite performance of the month in Gastón Pauls but ably helped by the also excellent Ricardo Darín, this is a film built almost solely on the chemistry of the two leads, and they have it in spades. Watching them work together (or work against each other) is like a beautiful dance that even if the whole idea of conning grates me, I'm still pretty mesmerized by what's going on.
Ends up in too corny a place for me to be fully on board, especially as there's a whole sequence…
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Finally saw this iconic Argentinian crime film. It's pretty good but one too many twists for my liking.
Film 1/15 of my August 2018 Watchlist
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Fabián Bielinsky only directed two features before he died of a heart attack and his debut Nine Queens is the better of the two. It’s very fun to watch the various cons and schemes lead characters Marcos and Juan pull during the first act, which is very effective in introducing them and getting the audience to care about them. Once the stamp selling plot kicks in, there’s no stopping this quick, clever little movie. Complications and setbacks force the characters to think quick as they get pulled ever deeper into a shady deal that they really need to work. Ricardo Darín is great as the seasoned con man while Gastón Pauls plays the charming and somewhat desperate Juan, who has…
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Who's zoomin' who?
If I sat down and thought this film through I'd probably find plenty of plot holes and improbabilities. But instead I'm just going to enjoy Nine Queens for what it was, a superior conman flick with plenty of twists.
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Muito bom esse filme, o problema é que a atmosfera que ele cria de desconfiança deixa o final de alguma forma previsível, e já no final ele meio que entrega tudo, contudo ainda é divertidíssimo
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