Video Review

CEMENT (2012)

EW's GRADE
D

Details Movie Rated: R; With: Chris Penn and Jeffrey Wright

What was Jeffrey Wright thinking? Everything about this ''neo-noir'' is so tired -- the corrupt cops, oil-slick mobsters, double-crossing molls, flash-back-forward- and-sideways structure, and, mostly, the almost incoherent central crime (some money was stolen from someone, uh, sometime) -- that for the first half hour you're tempted to think Cement is an extremely clever comedy. Sadly, it's not, and the flick quickly turns leaden gray -- and about as interesting to watch as its title substance.

Originally posted Nov 16, 2001 Published in issue #625-626 Nov 16, 2001 Order article reprints

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