Really good caper films tend to deliver one really good payoff. "Focus" feels like it has about three of those and all are flat-out awesome with just a hint of heavy-handedness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 13, 2024

Focus has the right formula for a solid genre-blender of action, adventure, and romance but neither Will Smith or Margot Robbie are enough to save the film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2024

Ultimately “Focus” is a movie stymied by its amoral vanity, its overload of mediocre twists and turns, and the lukewarm chemistry between Smith and Robbie.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 20, 2022

Could use a bit more focus in the storytelling-a late movie plot twist doesn't ring true given the lead up to the big reveal-but it zips along at such a pace and is enough fun that you may not notice.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

The entire picture is suffused with an ample dose of humor, keeping the constant double-crosses airily artful.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 4, 2020

I was very impressed with this movie and I am glad that Will has got his groove back...

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Nov 20, 2020

With a little more focus Focus could have been the blockbuster that Smith desperately needs it to be.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 7, 2020

Margot Robbie and Will Smith share a tangible chemistry, but their story doesn't go anywhere.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 16, 2020

With a lazy script, lazy central performances, and the look of a straight-to-DVD Nick Cage flick, Focus doesn't offer much to enjoy.

| Apr 10, 2020

Ficarra and Requa are trying to make The Sting or The Usual Suspects, but their story lacks the former's sense of fun and the latter's disciplined structure.

| Jan 9, 2020

Overall, Focus starts well, looks good with [Will] Smith and [Margot] Robbie as engaging as ever but it ultimately (and ironically) loses focus.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 19, 2019

Focus has the utmost intense scenes without guns or violence and a brilliant plot, full of wit and surprises to match.

| Original Score: 9.2/10 | Nov 13, 2019

You could do worse than sitting still for the solid entertainment and frothy brain twists in Focus.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2019

Lithe and funny until it's leaden and obtuse, Focus would be pleasantly forgettable were it not for Margot Robbie, who is announced here as a capital letter Movie Star.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 30, 2019

It's hard to move past the feeling that Focus is little more than wealth porn, wallowing in depictions of expensive cars, snazzy suits and the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 5, 2019

Very occasionally Focus' Hollywood glamour is offset by an allusion to the idea that money can't buy happiness, but essentially this is a hustler romp with a surprisingly romantic slant.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 14, 2019

A fun bit of escapism that doesn't overstay its welcome, a tightly compacted little yarn from directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 24, 2019

Despite their 22-year age difference, [Smith and Robbie] connect in that old Hollywood bantering way where a smile and a clever turn of phrase were enough to begin a romance.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Dec 25, 2018

Focus is undeniably entertaining in most of its parts, but it's not as clever as it tries to be.

| Original Score: B | Dec 20, 2018

A high-stakes gambling scam during the Super Bowl... is particularly nerve-wracking. This pace is exhilarating. But, unfortunately, isn't sustained throughout this otherwise perfectly fun and funny con-man flick.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2018