Perry Kate
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Lovesusti
The Worst Film Ever
VividSimon
Simply Perfect
patorange
All I have to say about philip seymour hoffman and ethan hawke's acting is they should of won an oscar. I mean this movie had me at the very edge of my seat. hoffman's and hawke's acting made the situation of the movie all the more real. as the movie goes on from the first scene, it just gets more and more shocking. you wouldn't think that the movie would unravel like it does, but it was superb. this movie made me feel extreme emotions. in some instances i had to pause the movie and take five minutes because how real and all the other things i said previously. if you haven't seen, i highly recommend it, it's a must see!
therapeuticsuicide
This is cinema. A gritty, gnarly crime drama of the highest order with a story of intimate betrayal and desperation that results in the masterful delivery of shock and awe to the viewer. Phenomenal performances across the board by Finney, Seymour Hoffman, Tomei, Shannon and Hawke.
Ross Vassilev
Sydney Lumet was one of those directors whose films are all total crap. This is one of them.It starts off with a sex scene featuring a good, long look at Philip Seymour Hoffman's naked big, fat ass. And it only gets worse....Younger brother Hank (Ethan Hawke) was supposed to rob his own parents' jewelry store-at the urging of older brother Andy (Hoffman)-but hires a friend to do it instead, so the brothers' mom gets killed. As the English say, not bloody likely!The second half of the film turns into a family melodrama with a lot recriminations and crying, mostly from older brother Andy.The film ends with a Quentin Tarantino-style bloody shootout in which about a dozen people get killed. Then the father/widower (Albert Finney) suffocates son Andy with a pillow.The film tries to compare/contrast the world of the working class v. the world of the upper middle class, but the whole storyline comes off as labored, contrived and convoluted. The film's only redeeming quality is that we get a good, long look at Marisa Tomei's T&A (she plays Andy's wife). Fortunately, THAT scene occurs in the first one-third of the film. So if you want, you can fast forward to that part, watch it, and then pop the DVD out. I wish I had.
SnoopyStyle
Andy Hanson (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and his brother Hank (Ethan Hawke) plan to rob their parent (Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris)'s jewelry store. Hank owes alimony to his ex-wife Martha (Amy Ryan) to pay for his daughter's expensive school. Andy is facing an audit at work where he's been embezzling. Andy is the mastermind expecting to clear $120k. Hank is having an affair with Andy's wife Gina (Marisa Tomei).This is a reminder of the greatness of director Sidney Lumet. The movie is anchored by terrific performances by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke. I also remember being shocked at not only a naked Marisa Tomei but the great shape she's in. She's over 40. That woman has taken some kind of magic potion. The disjointed story telling method is a bit confusing in the first viewing. It wraps up in a terrific ending. PSH is disturbing and a real eye-opener.
