A Simple Plan

 (1998)


  • User Rating 22 votes
  • Critics Rating 25 critics
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User Reviews

Truly a must see movie:
Dec 18, 2008
hilluke - yahoo.com
99% of the movies you view are not relevant 24 hours later. This one is different. You will be thinking about it weeks later. The acting is fantastic. Not a fan of billy, but ***** is he amazing in this movie.... Full review
a very difficult plan
Oct 22, 2008
saad20051989 - yahoo.com
there is one word to describe this movie (confusing) this movie will put you in the disturbance machine with its sharp thrilling scenes that also leads to a simple great story deserves all the respect.... Full review
GREAT MOVIE
Oct 19, 2007
billybud333 - yahoo.com
THIS MOVIE HAS A GREAT STORY AND INTERESTING TURN OF EVENTS. HIGHLY RECOMENDED. THE STORY LINE IS THE STRONG POINT OF THIS MOVIE. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CHARICTERS AND THE WAY THEY CHANGE AS THINGS EVOLVE IS VERY TRUE TO LIFE.... Full review
Bad Plot
Sep 13, 2007
draftdubya - yahoo.com
Why would you get involved with two of the dumbest people over stolen money and a murder ???? the Acting was good but whom ever wrote this was high or something.... Full review
green day
May 09, 2007
breannadoll - yahoo.com
I LOVE GREEN DAY I WISH THAT I CAN SEE THEM LIVE ON MY 13 BIRTHDAY THAT WILL BE COOL THEY R SOOO COOL THEY R THE COOLEST ROCK BAND A LIVE YEAH... Full review
Almost a total F
Dec 01, 2006
labesab - yahoo.com
Well if life were a dumb as the idiots in this movie I would kill myself. Probably this worst movie I ever saw. The only thing at all good is Billy Bob thorton...he did a great job of playing a retard.... Full review
a flawless movie.
Dec 01, 2006
epicfan95 - yahoo.com
Straight a's acroos the board for this one. I dont know if any critics werre harsh on this well told movie or not, but it is great. A great script helped this movie propell along to a finale that is superb.... Full review
should be more well-known than it is
Dec 07, 2005
kdboard - yahoo.com
A classic tale how how desparation and lust for money will turn otherwise good and decent people into greedy and deceitful and untrustworthy individuals. You can watch these people fall apart right before your very eyes. Excellent acting all around and... Full review
great movie, I just disliked Bridget Fonda
Dec 07, 2005
dante1st - yahoo.com
This was a very well made movie all around, there was no point in the film that I felt bored. One of the reasons I didn't give this movie a higher rating is because of Bridget Fonda's character. I found aspects... Full review
Another flawed morality lesson
Dec 07, 2005
g1960greg - yahoo.com
There is nothing worse than a morality lesson movie gone wrong. These guys find all this money. They start being distrustful and paranoid of each other. It's sort of like watching a live action Daffy Duck cartoon. There are some very... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Sep 11, 2008
Monsters and Critics
Another success for the Coens; a funny film with minimal sex and violence that is suitable viewing for adults and mature teenagers. As good as anybody who ever appeared in the likes of Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" or Woody Allens' "Small Time Crooks" these two have a screen chemistry that is simply a volcano of laughs. ... Full Review
| Oct 11, 2007
Matchflick
Raimi kept things going and deftly mixed the craziness with humor and sadness as what was a simple plan unraveled before our eyes. How about an outstanding performance by Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Balde), and agreat performance by Bridget Fonda (Scandal, Jackie Brown) and good performances by Bill Paxton and Chelcie Ross. ... Full Review
| May 08, 2005
Bigpicturebigsound.com, NY
The plan of the title involves three men, two of them (Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton, creating another fantastic character) brothers, who happen upon the snow-covered wreckage of a downed private jet containing 4.4 million dollars. The relationship between the three men is further threatened when Mr. Paxton's wife, played colder than the film's winter by Bridget Fonda, joins in the scheming. ... Full Review
| Apr 22, 2003
DVD Talk
Well, the film is silly enough in Cantonese but the English dubbing makes it even sillier. Therefore the 2.0 tracks here are fine and present the rather thin sound score about as good as it can get. ... Full Review
| Jan 25, 1999
eFilmCritic.com
A Simple Plan is a wonderful, gripping, funny, scary, sad, horrible, beautiful movie.....As is right for a caper/thriller flick, the plot never slackens but instead screws itself tighter and tighter --....It's impossible to know where to begin in praising it.....Raimi has proven himself a master of figuring out what he wants to accomplish on screen.... ... Full Review

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