A Crooked Somebody

It is hard to understand how a charlatan psychic can convince people that they have real ability. This movie helps to highlight that stupidity is a key ingredient. The acting performances were not particularly stellar, but the story has a few nice twists and turns. It was moderately entertaining at times but also boring and a bit tedious.

A Crooked Somebody has a solid premise, but fails to tread the line between dark comedy and thriller well enough to make it memorable. Sommer does a decent job as a hubristic charlatan, though it's Collins Jr. who dominates every scene they share. That said, the characters are never really that interesting nor that surprising, so the plot just predictably plods along. Crew's performance underwhelms to the point of flattening the climax. Decent but trailer has a better tone than the film itself.