Focus is a bit too slick, but engaging nonetheless.

It reminds us why he became a star in the first place, and provides a glimpse of where he might go from here.

If it's so easy to guess what women want, why is this movie so utterly devoid of any of it?

With enough charm in the tanks to partially power a date night, 'Focus' intermittently manages to overcome a narrative buckling under its lack of realism and forethought but only in periodic fits and starts.