The Outfit

The Outfit

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

  • Released: 2022-03-18
  • Runtime: 105 minutes
  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Thrillers
  • Stars: Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O'Brien, Johnny Flynn, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Simon Russell Beale, Alan Mehdizadeh, Johnathan McClain, Scoop Wasserstein, Chiedu Agborh, Michael Addo, Michal Forejtek, Bmcabana Sf, John Gumley-Mason, Stephen Knox, Lauris Karklins, Steve Chatfield, William Keetch, Ryan Hall
  • Director: Graham Moore
 Comments
  • pambosk-03254 - 12 June 2024
    It does not pan out
    When you go and see a film starring Mark Rylance you know that the acting would be top notch. But when you come out of the cinema after watching the film, you say to yourself, why did he make this film, did he really read the script.

    Rylance has his own tailor shop in Chicago in 1957, he also has an arrangement where the local gang has money dropped off in his shop in sealed envelopes ( presumably protection money ). His secretary is dating the local son of the gang. It seems the cutter did not know about this, but he knew she was selling information to the FBI and also let them plant an early version of a tape, recording everything. Here's the thing, we learn that he organized the whole set up to get some sort of revenge on the gang.

    1. Did he know that there would be dead people in his shop.

    2. If he did it for the money, why did he give it all to the girl.

    3. If the local police were looking for the gangsters, surely the FBI would have gone to the shop also.

    As I said, being a good actor does not mean you know a good story.
  • carmo-62931 - 1 May 2024
    The Phoenix
    The Tailor (2022) (The Outfit) reminds us of some Agatha Christie stories. It is a film with a single scenario and 1 hour and 45 minutes long. In some parts it can be entertaining but, in others, it abuses our patience, as it is boring. The whole story is more suitable for theater than for cinema. Some situations that appear in the film are not believable. Actor Mark Rylance always plays himself. Regardless of the role he plays, his performance is always the same. In this particular case, it is reminiscent of Anthony Hopkins' performance. I was unaware of the professional who preceded a tailor when making suits, known in England as a 'cutter', responsible for cutting the fabric. In the film, the tailor in question performs both functions. The film takes place in 1956 Chicago.