Life Of Crime (2013) ***

Based on Elmore Leonard's novel 'The Switch', LIFE OF CRIME (which is a dumb title) starts out with a lot of Leonard flavor (although derivative of Soderbergh's superior OUT OF SIGHT), but loses steam pretty quickly. The tone is off overall, particularly the score a good deal of the time (which also seems derivative of David Holmes' score from OUT OF SIGHT. 

Jennifer Aniston is serviceable but not as good as Jennifer Lopez in OUT OF SIGHT (both seemed like odd choices for Leonard adaptations). But it is nice to see Mos Def and John Hawkes (who deserved to be billed higher and whom I love - he never seems like he's acting in any movie he's in) portray Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara respectively, characters that originally appeared in Leonard's book 'Rum Punch' and were portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson and Robert De Niro in Tarantino's adaptation, JACKIE BROWN. And the ending is great.