Big director, big expectations, mediocre movie. Sidney Lumet was – and I believe is still – better director than this work. I mean nothing is wrong with the film, but that is the best what I can tell you about it. We have a perfect non-linear story (1 step back, 2 forward), unavoidable twists, tricky overlaps in the plot, chilly tension, drama and even / finally Marisa Tomei's boobs on the screen (I won't copy here – the net is gonna be full with them soon..). But nothing's more, and it's just not enough from a director who is responsible for The Pawnbroker, Equus, Serpico, 12 Angry Men and so on...
By the way if we are talking about breasts: if the uniqueness of the story, or Ethan Hawke's forced and overacted play deserves zero point then Philip Seymour Hoffman will save the day (even he has definitely bigger tits than Tomei's). His entrant is quite ... how I should describe it ... "powerful" already and it's just going better during the film (in addition he has my most wanted car too). He is one of my favorite actors after the Happiness. There he was a traditional prick, but here is such a prick, who thinks he is the king of the pricks – and he thinks right without a doubt:) He even admits it:
"You're a prick, Andy"
"I always was" (– replies with the most ... prickiest (?) smile)
But this movie isn't funny at all. Everybody knows the story (only infants shouldn't read further). Two brothers (Hawke and Hoffman) going to make a "mom and pap" operation: their plan is to rob their parents jewelry shop to earn money (wow) and even more from the insurance. I think the Coens at this moment would stop to read further the story...
The film is about the antecedents and consequences of a crime. What else? Whatever.
6/10
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