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In a crime-riddled city, no one is ever who they seem.
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In a crime-riddled city, no one is ever who they seem.
Dark and brooding in spots, calculating and crackling in others, "The Outfit" is more of a psychological thriller than sweeping epic.
“The Outfit” is a smart movie – here and there, a little too smart for its own...
Everybody has a history. Those words ring true throughout "The Outfit," the new crime drama from author and screenwriter Graham Moore. This marks the directorial debut for Moore who won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 2014's "The Imitation Game." Much like other covid-19 era movies, his film brings together a relatively small cast and lets the drama play out in a single location. Here it's a modest tailor's shop in Gangland Chicago, circa 1956.
The Outfit director and co-writer Graham Moore explains how his own family history inspired the story at the center of the twisty crime thriller.