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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Ethan Hawke Albert Finney Marisa Tomei Philip Seymour Hoffman Rosemary Harris

Directors

Screenwriters Sidney Lumet Kelly Masterson

Running Time 116 minutes

Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (18)

Plot
Two brothers plan a heist of their parents' jewellery store. But as crimes like these tend to do, things go horribly, homicidally wrong, and no one is left unharmed – including one of the brothers’ wives.

Verdict
Bleak, brutal and quite possibly brilliant, this is a triumphant return to form for Lumet and further proof that Hoffman is on an incredible winning streak.


Reviewer: Helen O'Hara

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