Italian Job I went out with the guys to see this. It's a guy movie. There ain't no redeeming quality to this movie. It's about guys being cool (OK, they had a cool girl too - but she was for the guys to be cool, showing that cool girls are OK too). It's about guys bonding. It's about guys sticking to their morals, even if they're crooks, so you already know they have misguided morals. It's about guys who want to be bad, because it's cool, but not too bad so you can't be seen as good either. Did you know that good bad guys are in it just for the score? Yes! Not for the guns. Oh no, no guns! And certainly not to hurt people. These are bad guys with morals after all. Now having said all that (laced with sufficient sarcasm), I do have to say it was an entertaining movie. Who doesn't want to pretend? Who doesn't want to imagine that they can speed around like crazy in one of those new Minis? That's a cool car! For all of you who have played with Matchbox cars or Hot Wheels, you'll know what I mean. You are the target audience for this movie. Even if you don't play with the little cars anymore, trust me - it will bring back the juvenile thrills back - and everyone needs a little bit of that every now and again!

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