with editor Tom Swartwout '86 at Thur Feb 7 screening
Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing suspense thriller about a family facing the worst enemy of all — itself. 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 storeowners are Andy and Hank's actual mom and pop and, when the seemingly perfect crime goes awry, the damage lands right at their doorstep. Albert Finney plays the family patriarch who pursues justice at all costs, completely unaware that the culprits he is hunting are his own sons. A classy, classic heist-gone-wrong drama, the film is smart enough to know that we often have the most to fear from those who are near and dear. "A furious and entertaining little morality play." (New Yorker) more at thinkfilmcompany.com 35mm
2007, color, 1 hour 57 minutes, USA