Before the Devil Knows You're Dead(2007) The perfect crime goes horribly wrong for brothers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) when they botch a robbery of their parents' jewelry store in this wrenching drama from legendary filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who was 82 when he directed the film. Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris co-star as Andy and Hank's unsuspecting parents, with Marisa Tomei appearing as Gina, Andy's unfaithful wife.
Movie #45 takes the cake for being one of the biggest downers of a film I've ever seen --- about three quarters of the way through, I thought I might have guessed the ending ---- that all three of the main male leads would ironically commit suicide all at the same time in different places -------because their lives and everyone around them were so bleak. People are so desperate in this film to make a buck, but meanwhile they shoot up and drink and squander any money they have. One wonders how it got this bad. Really, the subject matter ran short -------- and what was left was long scenes of people moving slowly through what was left of their lives. Very slow and methodical, but well acted and directed. Too bad it's Sydney Lumet's last effort because he had done much better in his lifetime of directing. I wouldn't recommend it, unless you wanted to see it for the acting exercise.
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