Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
A suspense thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all – itself. Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Andy, an overextended broker 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 actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep. Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei plays Hoffman's trophy wife, who is having a clandestine affair with Hawke, and the stellar cast also includes Albert Finney as the family patriarch who pursues justice at all costs, completely unaware that the culprits he is hunting are his own sons.
Direction Sidney Lumet
Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman · Ethan Hawke · Albert Finney · Marisa Tomei · Rosemary Harris · Aleksa Palladino · Michael Shannon · Amy Ryan · Brian F. O'Byrne · Lee Wilkof · Jordan Gelber · James Lally · Adrian Martinez
Soundtrack Carter Burwell
Screenplay Kelly Masterson
Cinematography Ron Fortunato
Original title Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
7.0
35K votes (FilmAffinity)
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