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Synopsis: Nicky Spurgeon is an extremely accomplished con man who takes an amateur con artist, Jess, under his wing. Nicky and Jess become romantically involved, and with Nicky's profession of being a liar and a cheater for a living, he realizes that deception and love are things that don't go together. They split, only to see each other three years later... And things get messy.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
R
Year:
2015
105 min
$50,265,541
Website
6,028 Views


Two fingers means it's a prat poke. Three

fingers means the leather's an insider.

If it's a cordeen or an ox tongue,

I'll scratch my nose.

Unless I use my thumb, which means

I am actually scratching my nose.

Left or right tail I'll cock my head,

but keister kicks are 95 percent of it.

So you just do the touch, and I ding

the poke in the nearest mailbox, okay?

I'm sorry, what?

Okay, plan B. You two, come with me.

Excuse me, please, we're so lost.

It was excellent. You wanna wire?

Let me wire.

Ponytail's your mark. Right bridge.

Right rear pocket.

My bad.

- That was nice.

- Okay. I got this.

- What?

- Give me some shade.

Wait.

Ooh! Sorry. My heel keeps...

You're such a gentleman.

Derrick knows how to treat a lady.

Married?

- Dude!

- Didn't mention that, did he?

All right. Thank you, boys.

You're in.

Really?

- Congratulations, you're a criminal.

- Okay, what now?

- Want me to do the primer?

- I got it.

There's a flight landing

every two minutes at Louis Armstrong.

Whoever's not here for the game's

here for the party.

Every one of them looking

to drink big, bet big...

...cheat on their spouses,

and it all costs money.

There are boost teams

at all the major hotels.

They hit quick and get out before

anybody ever knows what happened.

And if you think for one second...

...I'm gonna let your mother talk

to me like that, you are f***ing crazy!

I'm a grown-ass man!

Why are you yelling at me?

There's card games everywhere.

And they let anyone with enough cash in.

Chances are, atleast one of those guys

you don't know...

...is a mechanic who can work a deck

like Bill Clinton works a crowd.

All in.

Full boat.

I swear...

...I've never had four

of a kind before! Ha!

Sorry, coach. I've never had four

of a kind. Hey, come on, coach.

- Motherf***er! What the f***!

- You win some, you lose some, right?

That's it. Get the f*** out of here.

Come on, let's go. Move.

- Um, it's my husband!

- I'll kill you!

- Give me my pants!

- Go! No, just run!

Wait! Wait! Stop!

Baby! Stop! Baby!

Married guys are the best.

Who they gonna tell?

- I will kill you!

- It's my husband!

Every minute there's something

going on down here.

Every bar, restaurant, hotel, everywhere.

Guys working alone, working in teams.

Not just cash either. Identity theft

and credit card spoofing are big too.

You can skim the data right off

a credit card in about a second.

But boosting a wallet

only gives you an hour...

...before the vic gets wise

and the cards are canceled.

So you put the card back.

By the time the mark gets wise,

he's in Youngstown arguing with his wife...

...over the charges we rack up

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Glenn Ficarra

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