Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)'s comments

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lachyas

Apparently Ethan Hawke didn't even need to read the script to decide he wanted to do this film, he just saw the first word of the title and figured it was perfect for him.

10 years 2 months ago

Wise Jake

The fact that this is not in a single top list is a depressing fact. Fantastic film. Sidney Lumet's final masterpiece.

12 years 8 months ago

Sidney Lumet's last film, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, looks like it will be a "bungled heist" movie, complete with a fun cast and a non-chronological structure that reveals important information in a pleasant way. And these kinds of movies usually end up being comedic (darkly so, perhaps, but comedic). The title even seems to imply someone getting away with it. And so you sit back for a bit of fun starring Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as brothers, Albert Finney as their father, and Marisa Tomei in the buff for the length of two acts, but the comedy? It goes away pretty quick, with Lumet instead focusing on the heavy drama of the situation (and the actors certainly have the chops for it). It's an interesting twist considering the history of this genre, and I am up for it. However, I do feel like the film ends leaving some things unresolved for certain characters I was invested in. Lumet is kind of telling me who the supporting characters were in the last moment, though I had come to a different conclusion. And why IS Tomei always topless? As attractive as I think she is, I find it a little disturbing from a directorial point of view.

3 years 7 months ago

Forzelius

Well this was fucking fantastic.As if 2007 already didn't have a plethora of masterpieces.

5 years 7 months ago

mook

Sidney Lumet's drama/thriller centred around a robbery. Great cast and non-linear structure. 9/10.

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11 years 6 months ago

Dieguito

Shocking

12 years 10 months ago

MMDan

Kanopy

2 years 8 months ago

lucafilm

I didn't like this movie, personally i've found it forcely acted and visually violent. The non linear story could be nice but i mean it is not enough, we need also good characters that is not the case here. Not recommended

3 years 5 months ago

Homage

Really overrated.

12 years 7 months ago

fetzu

quote:
The fact that this is not in a single top list is a depressing fact. Fantastic film. Sidney Lumet's final masterpiece.

Fact.

11 years 2 months ago

nicolaskrizan

could well have been in the book but feels almost too slick and tight, which might be why it fails to resonate emotionally on a deeper level

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11 years 8 months ago

Skyscore

http://www.afisha.ru/personalpage/191661/review/192639/

11 years 10 months ago