Life of Crime (film)

Life of Crime

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Daniel Schechter
Produced by
Written by Daniel Schechter
Based on The Switch 
by Elmore Leonard
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Eric Alan Edwards
Edited by Sarah Natochenny
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 15, 2013 (TIFF)
  • August 29, 2014 (United States)

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Running time
 99 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $12 million[4]
Box office $1.4 million[5]

Life of Crime is a 2013 American crime comedy film written and directed by Daniel Schechter based on Elmore Leonard's 1978 novel The Switch, which includes characters later revisited in his 1992 novel Rum Punch, which was adapted into the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown (1997). The film was screened on the closing night 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[6] on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival,[7] at the 2014 Traverse City Film Festival[8] and released in theaters on August 29, 2014.

Plot

Stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes the target of an ill-planned kidnapping plot by a pair of fumbling ex-cons, Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara, looking for a get-rich-quick scheme. However, things quickly become complicated for the duo when they find out her wealthy husband, Frank, refuses to pay the ransom... as he was on the cusp of filing for divorce to make way for his younger mistress, Melanie Ralston. The two have to figure out how to quickly turn the tables around on their predicament before their time runs out.

Cast


Production

Dennis Quaid was originally cast as Frank Dawson, Mickey's husband.[9]

Principal photography lasted 26 days. The major portion of the film was shot in Greenwich, Connecticut.[10] Three time Academy Award nominee Tod A. Maitland did the sound mixing.[11]

Reception

Life of Crime has received generally positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 65% based on reviews from 72 critics, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's consensus reads: "It may not stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the best Elmore Leonard adaptations, but Life of Crime has enough ambling charm—and a sharp enough cast—to get by."[12] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score from 1 to 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film a 60 based on 28 critics.[2]

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