Good, but not Oscar material

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2020)

What we have here is 2 movies in one. The first half of the movie seems to be an Ocean's Eleven style long con. That was the part I liked, it was very fun and not overly preachy. Then it goes full blown drama about class wars, ending in tragedy.
I wouldn't have had a problem with the movie if the tone had kept consistent, if I wasn't being set up for a Rian Johnson style "subvert your expectations". Also the portrayal of class differences is taken to ridiculous levels here, it's just not realistic. "Oh look, feel bad about these people because the rich people literally wrinkle their noses at how they smell".
Definitely not better than Joker, but then Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar instead of Dark Knight in 2008, so what do you expect?
All in all it's a solid, good, well acted 2 movies you're getting. The first one is unfinished.