Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

A movie that makes you think. Ethan Hawke and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are superb. Easily the best movie of 2007!!... Full review

When I heard about the movie getting an A-, I thought it was a fantastic movie. But when I watched it, I felt like crying because the movie was crap like hell... Even a flop indian movie was better to watch... Full review

Showtime on Demand provided this gem of a film for us. We really had not heard of it but when we saw who the actors were ... it was time to press the play button of On Demand. We were not... Full review

Amazing cast. 3 Oscar winners & 1 oscar nominated actors. Philip Seymour Hoffman is at the top of his game. Two brothers get themselves into trouble and dig themselves deeper. Good movie.... Full review

In New York, Andy Hanson (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is an addicted executive of a real estate office that has embezzled a large amount for his addiction and expensive way of life with his wife Gina (Marisa Tomei). When an audit is... Full review

I was expecting a great crime drama but saw a lot of repetition and was stretched out about 20-30 minutes too long. The acting was great, so was almost everything else, but just not my cup of tea. The cast is... Full review

You really have to sit down and really pay attention to this one because if you miss one bit you are lost during the rest of the movie....other than that I thought it was really good... Full review

This movie is grim, grim, grim. It is not black comedy -- it contains no shred of comedy at all. These two brothes are pathetic in different ways, and so desperate for money they are willing to do anything, and do.... Full review

I expected more- the direction was second rate. It was nice to see Marissa Tomei's cans and to see her getting nailed from behind was a surprise. Other than that, just ho hum considering the cast.... Full review

but the rest of the movie is kick ass. At first one does not know what to expect and frankly the going back in time aspect during the first 1 hr of the movie is kind of numbing - its a... Full review

I'm gonna cut right to the chase, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" was a terrific film in its own right.....It is a tale of ordinary people with familiar desires such as money, respect, sex, and status..... ... Full Review

I'm gonna cut right to the chase, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" was a terrific film in its own right.....It is a tale of ordinary people with familiar desires such as money, respect, sex, and status..... ... Full Review

Hoffman, as usual, is extraordinarily convincing as the instigator of the heist who seems to know it all but is still totally unaware that his wife ( Marisa Tomei , as undressed as we have ever seen her) is having an affair with his younger brother. But all the actors in this sweaty tale of broken dreams and misjudged plans have their moments - even Finney in an underwritten part that simply requires him to look desperate and furious. ... Full Review

Even if you think the plot is a little implausible, and you're worn out by the grand tragedy of it all, you can't deny that the actors aren't giving it everything they've got. What's great about this movie is how it meticulously, like clockwork, throws tiny amounts of doom at its characters until it's a crushing mountain that they can't escape. ... Full Review

Ethan Hawke has the less showy part by comparison but he's equally good and there's also strong support from both Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei, who seems to have suddenly decided to experiment with nudity. Impressively directed by Sidney Lumet (he's 83, you know), this is a thoroughly gripping thriller with a strong script and terrific performances from its two leads. ... Full Review

Phil Noyce has added another project to his rather elongated 'to-do' list. The Aussie filmmaker, currently helming Sony's "Salt", will direct the indie police thriller "Mixed Blood," with Samuel L. ... Full Article

Variety reports the screenplay will be written by Kelly Masterson ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") and the plot follows a couple in debt from attempting to have a baby through fertility treatments. ... Full Article

BRIAN Goodman's "What Doesn't Kill You" doesn't open promisingly - it seems like a poor imitation of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," with Ethan Hawke again trapped in another botched shopping-center heist. ... Full Article

Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead (dir.Sidney Lumet): Its hard to define what, exactly, the Sidney Lumet touch might be, since his films are relatively plain-Jane stylistically, without any obvious hallmarks that would make his screen credit superfluous. ... Full Article

If a young filmmaker was to make a romantic comedy in Los Angeles, using the city not only as its setting but also as its guide, its muse, maybe even its soul, where might he be best-served in finding a ... Full Article

Occasionally Hollywood cobbles together random members of the A-list to play family members on film, even if their genes obviously come from opposite ends of the earth. If the actors are good enough or if the chemistry is there, sometimes ... Full Article