THE OUTFIT
★★★★
OUT 8 APRIL / CERT TBC / 105 MINS
DIRECTOR Graham Moore
CAST Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Johnny Flynn
First-time director Graham Moore chooses simple staging for an impressively constructed whodunnit. It takes place in 1950s Chicago, where modest Englishman Leonard (Mark Rylance) runs a gentlemen’s outfitters popular with local gangsters, who use his back room for covert business. When a Mob boss’ son (Dylan O’Brien) gets wind of a mole, Leonard’s shop becomes the place to trap the informer. Moore uses just one set and broadly drawn characters, but the film’s staginess comes across as a deliberate choice. He sets the scene quickly then twists and reshapes his story across 105 tightly paced minutes, every line and cut chosen with absolute precision. Immensely satisfying, it will keep you guessing until the final moments.