Life of Crime

...black-comedy crime film, based on an Elmore Leonard book...

What helps this bowl along so happily is the dialogue, neatly filleted and served up a treat.

...a pretty engaging, and pretty authentically Leonardesque, comediccrime movie.

It's a meticulously calibrated ensemble piece, but without the panache of a great character study...

This film plays more like certain Coen Brothers films in terms of tone, with moments of dark and oddball comedy interspersed with passages of drama...