The Con Artist (2010)

An ex-con finds his plan to go straight foiled by a loan shark who manipulates his target into taking on one last heist.

Director:

Risa Bramon Garcia

Writers:

Michael Melski, Collin Friesen

Stars:

Rossif Sutherland, Sarah Roemer, Greg Germann

Cast

Cast overview:
Rossif Sutherland	...	Vince
Sarah Roemer	...	Kristen
Greg Germann	...	Julien
Russell Peters	...	Randall Pogue
Donald Sutherland	...	John Kranski
Jed Rees	...	Larry
Mac Fyfe	...	Dean
Rebecca Romijn	...	Belinda
Sabrina Grdevich	...	India
Joel Thomas Hynes	...	Carl
Cory Lee	...	Daphne (as Cory Lee Urhahn)
Pedro Miguel Arce	...	Dorian
Shawn Hitchins	...	Metrosexual
Scott Magee	...	Jackie
Jasmin Geljo	...	Mezalis

Storyline

After five years in prison for grand theft auto, Vince returns to Toronto. Kranski, his old boss, insists that he repay a large debt (money lost in his arrest) by boosting cars. His cover is a mechanic's job at Kranski's garage. In his spare time, Vince welds pieces of scrap metal into sculptures; a trendy gallery owner spots one and sells it for thousands and commissions more. Art might be Vince's ticket out if he can get Kranski off his back. Meanwhile, Vince's prolix parole officer is circling, and Kristen, the gallery owner's assistant, beguiles Vince.

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Plot Keywords:

ex convict | reference to monopoly the game | gallery | prison | garage | 

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Taglines:

Breaking into the art world one car at a time.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief sexuality

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vince (Rossif Sutherland) is a criminal just released from prison. In Poor Boy's Game (2007), Sutherland plays a boxer just released from prison.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pogue: Two pairs of socks, that's the key.
Vince: Key to what?
Pogue: The key to staying fresh and feeling good, ya know. What you do is you keep an extra pair of socks in your pocket, one in your lunch pale, around 2-3 o'clock in the afternoon you slap those bad boys on, bam, you fell like a million bucks.
Vince: I'll have to remember that.

User Reviews

My 398th Revierw: Romantic crime comedy....just about....

Vince is just out of jail and his crime boss (Real-life father Donald Sutherland) wants him back jacking cars. Vince wants to go straight. He gets discovered as a scrap-artist and the two woman at the gallery want a piece of him for different reasons and so the question is. will crime triumph or will VInce get to be the artist he can be?

All in, this is nicely cast, nicely shot and put together, but the overall effect is such that is pretty lightweight - the romantic interests and the crime interests are, in particular, sketchy, and what we end up with is an easily watchable film with little impact.

If you like the genre you'll like this - but really it's just OK and mainly instantly forgettable.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

The Con Artist

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,538

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alcina Pictures, Myriad Pictures, Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color