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Who is Being Conned in this Comedic ‘Con Job’? (Movie Review)
Con Job
Rating: 7/10
Director: Ian Niles
Writers: Guy Harry and Ian Niles
Style: Comedy
Time: 1 hour, 33 minutes
Review by Mike Szymanski
Let these two friends, Chris and Angus, take you on a strange journey where they try to con just about everyone they know, and things get scary. And there are bodies.
You will like not like a single person in this film, I should point that flat out, but it doesn’t mean the wacky, harsh, unpredictable journey that the movie goes on isn’t enjoyable. And you’ll laugh, if you’ve got a twisted wit.
Chris is played by the wide-eyed Ian Niles who looks like a Harry Potter type of guy who is always over-excitable. (You must realize this is the film he co-wrote and directs, too, so he’s all in). Chris’s best friend is Angus played by Menuhin Hart, who hands in an understated role as the straight-man to Chris’s insanity.
The two friends are completely broke, and Angus has an estranged brother Tim (played by Dean…
