Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ★★★ 2007 (R)
At 83, director Lumet shows he still has crime chops in this grubby tragedy about a botched heist. Calculating, fleshy Andy (Hoffman) has a drug problem and a trophy wife, Gina (Tomei), while his sadsack, skinny baby bro Hank (Hawke), who happens to be hitting the sheets with Gina, needs cash for his shrewish ex (Ryan). Andy plans a heist on their family's jewelry store but Hank manages to screw it up and things just get more complicated. Good performances by all concerned. 117m/C DVD . US Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Brian F. O'Byrne, Amy Ryan, Michael Shannon, Aleksa Palladino; D: Sidney Lumet; W: Kelly Masterson; C: Ron Fortunato; M: Carter Burwell.
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