The leads, Will Smith and Margot Robbie, work well on screen. I probably would have had a better experience of the film if there were hidden clues leading up to the cons or if there was one character, who wasn't a con artist, that I could have trusted allowing me to let my guard down and get conned. But much later when the big twist came I wasn't shock or surprised. I only got sucked into one scene and totally believed what they fed me for a little while. So if you're like me, looking for bread crumbs for you to figure out the con Focus hardly leaves any. There are no real clues for the audience to find, there are very little things for you to think back on and say 'That's right I saw that.' They either show how it or explain it once it already happened. They did not play on the fact that the audience may be looking for clues as to what is going on. I was busy trying to figure out what the con was before it happened and that's where the movie kind of disappoint. Anyway, knowing that it was about con artists and the tag-line is 'Never loose Focus' I never really let my guard down and I didn't let myself believe what I was seeing.

I walked into the movie theater knowing that it was about con-artists - the marketing never hid it, if you've seen the trailer you know this. My main problem with Focus is that I wasn't engaged in the story, it wasn't because it's poorly written, it's not. The movie is entertaining, the story is somewhat interesting, but - of course there is a but - it could have been much better. Despite the cast my expectations were low, so I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't much of a stinker. Focus is a better movie than I anticipated, actually that's a lie. He could honestly only go up following After Earth.

The Will Smith redemption movie, Focus, was a bit of a step up from After Earth.

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