Best Laid Plans (1999) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Best Laid Plans
Year
1999
Running time
92 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
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Genre
Thriller | Independent Film (US). Neo-noir
Synopsis
Nick (Alessandro Nivola) is caught in a dead end job in a dead end town. About the only thing going well for him is Lissa (Reese Witherspoon), his new girlfriend. A chance to make some easy cash, and a way out of town, only leads to more trouble. Also caught in the web of sex, thefts, gangsters, kidnappings and murder is Nick's college friend, Bryce (Josh Brolin).
Critics' reviews
- "Sadly, a film about betrayal is ultimately betrayed by the film maker's own lack of conviction."
- "The plot thickens and thickens and thickens until it chokes on a tangled mess of double-crosses."
- "Director Mike Barker has delivered a film that proves there's life left in the old genre yet, and does so with style, intelligence and surprisingly little violence."
- "A creakily mechanical B-noir."
- "Has the refined taste to crib from classics like 'Double Indemnity.'"
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