Best Laid Plans

Having met his old buddy Bryce for the first time in years for a drink, Nick gets a call from him in the middle of night asking for help. He goes to Bryce's place where he gets told that Bryce... Full review

This mostly forgotten thriller starring Reese Witherspoon (Lissa) and Alessandro Nivola (Nick) suffers from a mightily contrived plot and a "Huh?--What happened?" ending. Nick is a guy who works at the local recycling plant (that's a new workplace for celluloid... Full review

I was very suprised with this movie. Didn't know anything going into it but found that I did enjoy the story.... Full review

In brief this film should have done better than it did. The cast are good, the cinematography is very pleasing. The sets and costumes are great.The soundtrack is also pretty good. Really good story that improves the more you watch... Full review

this movie was good low budget but good. i really enjoyed it. the cast was great. reese witherspoon put on a very believable performance.... Full review

When I decided to see the movie, I didn't expect much of it, not more than a level of an usual Saturday night entertainment. But to my surprise, the movie, which first appeared to be a usual sentimental love story,... Full review

On the plus side, this movie features some terrific performances, especially by Reese Witherspoon. (I'm a fan.) On the down side, while it tries to be a clever film-noir a la "Usual Suspects", its story doesn't bear scrutiny.The first time... Full review

Screenwriter Ted Griffin takes a page out of the David Mamet book with this story of the things we do for love and money, and how desperation has a way of leading even the most forthright among us into regions... Full review

I just picked Best Laid Plans up at the video store simply because there was nothing that looked better. Well, even though this isn't a great film, it was probably better than all those other videos in the store that... Full review

This was a pleasant surprise. I really didn't know what to expect, but what I got was a very intelligent movie with more than enough twists and turns to keep things rather unpredictable. It took a little too long to... Full review

Best Laid Plans" is a classic cautionary tale about how a person, not just Bryce but anyone, can take a single misstep in crisis....In a sense, "Best Laid Plans" messes up--just like its characters do..... ... Full Review

Best Laid Plans" is not as individualistic and well-thought-out as the recent, somewhat similar "Dead Dogs," which draws more from life than from old movies, but it has its share of compelling moments. At this point the film pulls back to reveal the first of its surprises. ... Full Review

Though originally I thought the film Best laid plans was some apparently well known Sydney Sheldon novel. Ultimately Light House doesn't care for it that much, but doesn't think it's a terrible film, just one of them middle of the road flicks. ... Full Review

But though the characters are fairly well drawn, you don't ever feel a real connection to them. I can't possibly give away any more of the plot without spoiling it. You feel for them on a purely superficial level ... Full Review

Nivola, who audiences may remember as Nicolas Cage 's nutjob brother in Face/Off , is the best thing about Plans -....A drab and ultimately forgettable film with noir-ish pretensions, Best Laid Plans certainly isn't worth full-price admission.....However, interest fades when the pace abruptly slackens, the writing gets sloppy, and the once-clever plot twists degenerate into idiotic contrivances..... ... Full Review

The curveball thrown by my 9-year-old nephew Julian came barely an hour after we'd landed in London. Between the flight, Heathrow airport's endless corridors and the Underground train ride into the city, it had been a long trip. ... Full Article

April 3, 2007 - Welcome to IGN TV's What 2 Watch -- your guide to what's noteworthy on TV each night. You may notice we'll point out shows worth watching that air at the same time -- it's up to... ... Full Article

From the "Best Laid Plans" department: Last Friday's Weekender (June 2) story about the second weekend of the Kerrville Folk Festival featured an interview with Lucky Tomblin about the Lucky Tomblin Band's Saturday folk fest appearance. ... Full Article

For a film with a smug, to the point title, this little psychological thriller doesn't have the best laid plot. Not that the exercise is all for naught, because it does intrigue. ... Full Article

"Best Laid Plans" begins innocently enough with a late-night get-together between two old college friends over drinks. Bryce (Josh Brolin), good-looking and living a charmed existence, has returned home for a visit to Tropico, a town in the middle of... ... Full Article

One twist too many. Perhaps one too few. "Best Laid Plans" is one of those mystery thrillers you know would have been better had the filmmakers not tried to outdo themselves with plot shifts and filmic gimmicks every inch of... ... Full Article