When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelery store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax. Read more
| Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei |
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| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelery store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.
| Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan |
|---|---|
| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO RENTAL |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | New releases |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 05 May 2008 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
Things fall apart, as any student of crime will tell you. And if you want to make God laugh, tell him your... read more »
This is bad bad bad. Everyone in it is an idiot and you don't care one bit about a single person in the film. Look for something else, I think you will be glad.
This recieved rave reviews on it's cinema release,not least I think down to the director Sidney lumet being 82.
The first hour of the film I think is put together pretty well. But as I got further into it I started to find the little flash backs some what annoying. As it moved into the second hour I started to think this is actually pretty dull. Finally the last twenty minutes just turns bonkers. Not as great as they tell you. But not a complete stinker. Just a 'so what?'
Things fall apart, as any student of crime will tell you. And if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) has a plan. He's in accounts, and he's been embezzling funds to feed his coke habit and keep his pretty wife happy, but he knows he can't go on indefinitely. What he doesn't know, is Gina (Marisa Tomei) has been two-timing him with his brother Hank (Ethan Hawke). If he had an inkling, Andy might have laid it out differently. Or maybe not. Hank needs... Read more
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