kevin spacey be without a doubt one of the best actor of the 90 . after his performance in the usual suspect and se7en and american beauty and you expect more and more from him . that be why ordinary decent criminal be a huge disappointment . michael lynch be the most artful criminal in dublin who be never in a bad mood . his next heist become an obsession when his partner start question michael ability to plan everything perfectly and although this be the only thing he do when he isn not play good father at home . i guess and it partly my fault for not pay enough attention to the thousand plot detail which sadly turn out to be the essence of the film . i give the movie a chance by call it a parody and . well and parody be always funny and no matter what they spoof or how they do it . so and it wasn not after all a complete parody on purpose . it just a different con movie that desperately try to be funny and fails . unlike some of his colleague and ordinary decent criminal depend too much on story development and logical continuity and forget what the main reason and the viewer have pick this kind of movie to be entertain . this be definitely not entertainment . it include one of the most ridiculous scene ever the introduction of michael two wife . i do not know whether it some kind of a mindless metaphor or strange and dark humor and but the chick be sister . remember and spacey character have kid . ordinary decent criminal be complex and confuse . you be not wait for a funny scene . instead and you carefully follow the dialog and because there be a big possibility of lose yourself into the boring and pale universe and the film have inhabit . let go back to spacey . i wonder in what condition he have be and sign for that movie . it not miscast and but something much bad . an insult to his work in american beauty and release an year before ordinary decent criminal . the character michael be eccentric and talkative . spacey be almost pathetic at time . the only cure for this and be think of lester burnham and roger kint . writer and gerrard stembridge should definitely re consider his screen write ability and be more objective this time . because and the dialog be very weak and the scene be often pointless . and we be still talk about a comedy . ordinary decent criminal be a really bad crime comedy which do not deserve your attention .