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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 165
Fresh: 145 | Rotten: 20
A tense and effective thriller, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead marks a triumphant return to form for director Sidney Lumet.
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A tense and effective thriller, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead marks a triumphant return to form for director Sidney Lumet.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, and Marisa Tomei star in director Sidney Lumet's thriller concerning two brothers who hatch a plan to rob their parent's jewelry store. When the job goes awry, the entire family is set on a collision course with tragedy. Andy (Hoffman) is an overextended broker in desperate need of some cash. His brother, Hank (Hawke), isn't much better off, so when Andy hatches a plan to rob their parent's modest jewelry store, it seems like a foolproof way to make a quick buck. But Andy's trophy wife, Gina (Tomei), is secretly sleeping with libidinous younger brother Hank, and when the robbery proves a complete disaster it isn't long before loyalties start to shift. Now Andy and Hank's father, Charles (Finney), is determined to make the unidentified robbers pay for their crime. What's a father to do when he discovers that the ones he loves have become his worst enemies? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
R, 1 hr. 56 min.
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Written By: Kelly Masterson
In Theaters: Nov 2, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Mar 4, 2008
Box Office:$7.0M
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Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Andy Hanson
Ethan Hawke
Hank Hanson
Marisa Tomei
Gina Hanson
Albert Finney
Charles Hanson
Michael Shannon
Dex
Brian F. O'Byrne
Bobby
Amy Ryan
Martha
Rosemary Harris
Nanette Hanson
Aleksa Palladino
Chris
Leo Cimino
William
Arija Bareikis
Katherine
Lee Wilkof
Jake
Sarah Livingston Evans
Danielle
Blaine Horton
Justin
Damon Gupton
Doctor
Adrian Martinez
Security Guard
Patrick G. Burns
Priest
Alice Spivak
Receptionist
Natalie Gold
Secretary
Keith Davis
Attendant
Mateo Gomez
Doorman
Myra Lucretia-Taylor
Grader
Chris Chalk
Officer
Sakina Jaffrey
Manager
John Knox
Desk Sergeant
James Lally
Agent
Jordan Gelber
Agent 2
Megan Byrne
Nurce
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Hospital Receptionist
Guy A. Fortt
Vendor
Meredith Patterson
Andy's Secretary
Tom Zolandz
Junkie
Paul Butler
Detective
Anita Sklar
Mourner
Josh Mowery
Mourner
Diane Bradley
Mourner
Richard K. Lublin
Mourner
Bob Coletti
Ambulance Driver
Critic Reviews for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
All Critics (166) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (147) | Rotten (23) | DVD (17)
The movie's title comes from the Irish toast, 'May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead.' Unfortunately, everyone in the film is running about 35 minutes late.
September 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Christopher Orr
New Republic
Top Critic
As the Shadow used to say, the weed of crime bears bitter fruit, and Lumet has made a delicious pie out of it.
November 28, 2007 Full Review | Comment
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
Top Critic
You feel Before the Devil Knows You're Dead more than you watch it. And the feeling is far from warm and fuzzy.
November 16, 2007 Full Review | Comment
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
Top Critic
At a time when family movies are usurped by fantasies of sentimental feelgood, Lumet's latest -- the mangled-heist melodrama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead -- delivers a swift kick straight to the jewels.
November 16, 2007 Full Review | Comment
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
Top Critic
The problem is not that the director is working but that his latest film is working too hard. Way too hard ?" this thing is melodrama running a marathon.
November 16, 2007 Full Review | Comment
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
Top Critic
The family dynamics are skillfully rendered, the suspense is bruising and each man's performance is a revelation.
November 15, 2007 Full Review | Comment
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Top Critic
Ferociously pleasurable
August 27, 2009 Full Review | Comment
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
Suspense and action would be enough to seal this film, but the feeling of dread, that under different circumstances this could be us, makes this a heist picture for the ages.
August 14, 2009 Full Review | Comment
Jordan Hoffman
UGO
Lumet proves he's still a master storyteller, and Philip Seymour Hoffman is fantastic.
August 14, 2009 Full Review | Comment
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune
No matter how irredeemable and pathetic the behavior of their characters might be, Hoffman and Hawke evoke a squirming recognition and empathy.
April 23, 2009 Full Review | Comment
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix
Lumet is still one of the best directors in the business.
February 27, 2009 Full Review | Comment
Chris Bumbray
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Lumet's latest film, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is an unpleasant film with unpleasant characters. It would be easy to dismiss, if it weren't directed by maestro Sidney Lumet. But the movie is labored and repetitive.
February 2, 2009 Full Review | Comments (2)
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly
Sometimes it feels like too much, but then again, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is an exercise in piling it on, with each plot twist all but guaranteeing the absolute damnation of its struggling characters,
October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
My biggest problem with this movie is that underneath all the style and film tricks, I really didn't like or care what happened to any of these characters.
October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs
This is one of the most gut-wrenching thrillers in recent memory, and it features a real sucker-punch ending.
October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Si William Shakespeare viviera y fuera guionista, el resultado podr?a ser algo bastante parecido a esto.
October 12, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
this somber reflection on crime is as much a breath of fresh air as any premier feature at a film festival.
July 30, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Sean Gandert
Paste Magazine
What a quirky pair of brothers do Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke make.
July 10, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Matthew Sorrento
PopMatters
Mature heist film full of violence, explicit sex.
July 9, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media
Traz o peso de trag?dia grega que Woody Allen buscou com sucesso apenas moderado em O Sonho de Cassandra.
June 8, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
Director Sidney Lumet digs deep into the tawdry souls, peeling back the layers of arrogance and anger and self-delusion until all that's left is fury and fear and hate.
May 3, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Sean Axmaker
MSN.com
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead won't do much for anyone's feelings about human nature, but it will definitely restore your faith in gritty crime movies.
May 1, 2008 Full Review | Comment
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC
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"No one was supposed to get hurt"It was supposed to go down perfect. It was supposed to be easy. But robberies never end up being as perfect as they are supposed to be. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead is another example of that. Hell, Lumet has done a robbery gone wrong before with Dog Day Afternoon. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead is a great movie and a great ending to Lumet's career. The film is done out of order, which can sometimes seem cheap and gimmicky. Here it doesn't. Everything works well in the order that Lumet wanted it to be shown. We see how the robbery went down in the second scene. From there we don't know where the story is going to go. It's unpredictable and that's what I loved about it. It wasn't a movie where you had a good idea what was going to happen in the next scene. I had no idea and that not knowing kept me in suspense for the entire film.The film obviously has a talented director behind it with one of the best in the business, Sidney Lumet. The man is a complete genius. He brought us such classics as Network and Dog Day Afternoon. The movie also has one of my favorite actors in it and that would be Philip Seymour Hoffman. He's a terrific actor and he's as good as ever in his role here. He plays an out of control character perfectly. Another actor who I can take or leave, Ethan Hawke, gives probably is best performance. I wouldn't have thought he could pull a character like Hank off, but he does convincingly.If the movie has a flaw it would be that one of the characters isn't completely wrapped up in the end. We don't know what happens to him in the end. Maybe we don't really need to know because the ideas of the movie are wrapped up. We see where greed, recklessness and bad decisions got the characters in the end and I believe that everything that we needed to see, we saw.?This is probably my third favorite Lumet movie behind Dog Day Afternoon and Running On Empty. The man really did have an extraordinary career. I think him making a final masterpiece with Before The Devil... is quite fitting.? June 2, 2011
Melvin White
Super Reviewer
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a psychological crime thriller,families dont come much more dysfunctional than the Hansons~! It is the story of (Hoffman) and Nick (Ethan Hawke), two brothers who decide to rob their parents (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris) jewelry shop to get some much needed cash, It is insured, Andy assures his doubtful brother, and they know the shop,so he thinks It will be the perfect crime they are in for a rude awakening. The robbery goes wrong and the two spend the rest of the film dodging all of the many complications which inevitably pop up , affairs, drugs, anger, thugs, betrayal... it goes on and on. There are a multitude of plot twists.. i thought it was a good movie with a good cast. January 2, 2011
?Robyn M?
Super Reviewer
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Hank Hanson: You're a prick.
Andy Hanson: I always was.
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Dex: You don't look happy. Mind if I call you "Groucho"?
Andy Hanson: No, I don't mind.
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