Before the Devil Knows Your Dead

[andyfox]

Sidney Lumet's latest is a real downer. P.S. Hoffman and Ethan Hawke are brothers, both losers, who decide a robbery will make their lives better. Marisa Tomei is Hoffman's wife who is also sleeping with Hawke. Albert Finney is the boys' father.

Great cast, as you can tell. We get to see a lot of Tomei's bosoms, and although one would think they looked better a few years ago, they still looked pretty good to this old geezer.

You'll leave the theater feeling drained. The movie is slow-moving and very depressing, but Hoffman, who I normally like, overdoes it here, investing every moment on screen with too much significance. I saw the ending coming a mile away.

An interesting movie but not a good one.