"The Outfit" and "Deep Water," Reviewed
Graham Moore’s crime drama about a Savile Row tailor in gangland Chicago has not a stitch out of place, but it rarely achieves the claustrophobic menace it aims for.
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Graham Moore’s crime drama about a Savile Row tailor in gangland Chicago has not a stitch out of place, but it rarely achieves the claustrophobic menace it aims for.
Mark Rylance, an Oscar winner for "Bridge of Spies," plays a suit cutter from Savile Row facing down the Chicago mob in the crime drama "The Outfit."
We review The Outfit, directed by Graham Moore, and starring Mark Rylance, Dylan O'Brien, Zoey Deutch, and Johnny Flynn
Part of the fun of The Outfit is its continually self-renewing demeanor that will keep the viewers guessing until its final moment.
During the first moments of The Outfit, we see the protagonist (Mark Rylance) cutting fabric for a man’s suit while his voiceover narration starts in on the 228 steps it takes to make the jacket and trousers. We don’t even need to hear his words to see that we’re in the presence of a very careful man who measures