"Life of Crime," a film with Jennifer Aniston and Tim Robbins, soon to open at a theatre nowhere near you, is based on an Elmore Leonard novel called "The Switch." The switch here is the title, and while "The Switch" might not be an audience magnet, it is truer to the story than "Life of Crime." Not that that would matter to the guys who market movies.
"The Switch" is the story of a woman who is supposed to be the victim in a plot conceived by a lot of dopey guys, and who outsmarts them as easily as she sprays on Givenchy. When Elmore's principal characters are female, they are invariably smarter, and often tougher, in a stylish way, than the male characters.
While waiting for the movie to get past X-Men and Gladiators and comic book super heroes, you might want to drop by your friendly neighborhood book store, if your neighborhood still has a book store, and pick up a copy of "The Switch." You can think Jennifer Aniston while reading it.
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