Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

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Average of 606 ratings: 3.2 Stars

2007 M Contains Violence, Offensive Language, Drug Use & Sex Scenes.

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet (The Verdict Dog Day Afternoon Serpico) scores big with this absorbing suspense thriller. Oscar®-winner* Philip Seymour Hoffman is Andy an overextended payroll executive who lures his younger brother Hank (Ethan Hawke) into a larcenous scheme: the pair will rob a suburban mom-and-pop jewelry store that appears to be the quintessential easy target. The problem is the store owners are Andy and Hank's real mom and pop and when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry the damage sends them hurtling toward a shattering climax.

Cast:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Amy Ryan
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Genres:
Drama , Crime , Suspense & Thriller , Crime Drama
Format:
DVD
Demand:
Low

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Duration
117 minutes
Studio
Capitol Films

DVD details

Screen Format
1.85:1 Widescreen 16x9 Enhanced
Zone
4
Audio
English Dolby Digital 5.1

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10 Member Reviews Write a review

3 by bimbam

Not too thrilled with this thriller. Gratuitous sex, voices too quiet, a very seventies directing style. Hoffman his usual excellent self in one of his usual creepy roles. Finney good. (Why does he... Read more

2 by KingLeo

Well-made film with thoroughly unlikeable characters.

3.5 by fantail

Yeah, that's truly hell. A well made movie. You see it through the perspective of the different characters. Recommended

2 by bigbadmur

This is a film I had seen before and while it was just OK I felt the continuous flashbacks were a bit much and detracted from the overall flow of the movie.

3 by Wrytagirl

This movie gets your emotions boiling. A real provoker. Love it or hate it, you won't forget it in a hurry. I don't care what critics might say; P.S.Hoffman is a standout and in a league of his own... Read more

3 by qofd

Great movie portraying the desperate situations some people get themselves into and the downward spiral they cause.

2 by yjeva

The storyline was good but I thought they made a bit of a dog's breakfast of it with too much jumping backwards and forwards.

4 by TikipungaKid

Wow! I found this movie very absorbing and with a high sense of dread! The acting by by both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke was fantastic. It is a long movie.

4 by monsta

Great acting, great dialogue; a very watchable film. Philip Seymour-Hoffmann is masterful as ever in his characterisation of an amoral, damaged man.

4 by Steve172

Intriguing story with some great acting. A fine example of people getting themselves into deeper trouble through money worries. Well worth viewing.