Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
Nicky, an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
Focus is a slick, watchable con-artist thriller elevated by the chemistry between Will Smith and Margot Robbie, but it struggles with a formulaic structure that follows familiar heist-romance beats. The cinematography is polished and glamorous without being distinctive. The plot's twists feel telegraphed or contrived rather than genuinely surprising, and the final act leans into overly convoluted reveals that strain credibility. The film sits comfortably in a well-worn genre without adding much new to it.