The Gentlemen (2020) trailer. Guy Ritchie crime drama.

Just came back from this. Did want to see it, but not overly excited about it, so I am glad I went before it disappeared. Have not seen any other Ritchie films, with the exception of Sherlock Holmes 2. 

I totally agree with what you have commented on the the first part of the film, it was discombobulated and I think Ritchie may have dropped the ball a bit here. I entertained the notion of walking out, because I thought it was going to be a bit too taxing, especially for the late night session I ventured into. I am not the entire audience for this film, but I feel this was a wrongheaded approach to start the tale off. You don't want to alienate your audience in the first 15mins, especially with what appeared to be a projected cocky attitude from the film-maker. I started to over-think it myself. However, it did start to come together once I started to relax into it and got used to the characters. I think the visual and stylish approach to the film is what grabbed me the most.

By the end, I was thoroughly entertained and I liked how the film in sense was giving the bird to political correctness. As in the best of black comedies, you are not quite sure what is around the corner and while I was figuring some stuff out, it also out-figured me and I liked that aspect. It was clever.

I do think that Michelle Dockery was miscast. I wasn't getting the chemistry between her and McConaughey and she wasn't that believable as the cool as a cucumber, straight from the hip, wicked matriarch queen of her husband's empire. She was undermined by the strong male presence in this film and she just wasn't self-assured, or smoldering enough to match the screen presence of her masculine counterparts. She wasn't bad, but I don't know why Ritchie thought she was ideal.