Plastic 2014

Guy Lodge, Variety: The title says it all in this cheap, laborious junior heist thriller from British B-movie journeyman Julian Gilbey. Read more

Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter: All champagne and strippers, conspicuous consumption and witless machismo, Plastic is a contemporary British heist movie that already feels dated, as if it were made before the bubble burst on Guy Ritchie's comic book gangster voyeurism. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: As mindless entertainment goes, it's a pretty watchable time-passer. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times: It's hard to escape the sense that "Plastic" is itself a cheap knockoff, but the point is not to look too closely. Read more

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: A frothy little heist movie from Britain that starts off with great promise, only to devolve midway into an empty derivative shell of a film. Read more

Anna Smith, Time Out: It's a zippy, sometimes entertaining ride with a fun start. Read more

Zachary Wigon, Village Voice: For a film with shootouts, heists, and high-speed chases, Julian Gilbey's Plastic is a strangely lifeless affair. Read more