This frisky scrap of frippery from first-time director Richard Janes tries to pull off one big blag: to pass off rascal charm, poise and patter as scam-movie smarts. Unfortunately for him, you can see right through it. Sure, Matthew Rhys is convincing enough as Nick, a no-goodster with a habit of getting himself roughed up, who needs £50,000 to placate a local gangster. Thing is, the no-bullshit barmaid down at his local boozer (Kate Ashfield) has a brother (Tom Chambers) who is a natural-born artist - - and Nick has a genuine lost Faccini (a 16th-century painter if you must know) for him to forge and flog...
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