Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Name: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Genre: Crime, Documentary, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2007-09-26
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Heads to DVD on April 15th

Jan 21, 2008

Sidney Lumet's latest offering will be available on all three formats.

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Crime thriller stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Critics Score

88%

Release Date

September 26th, 2007

Director

Sidney Lumet

Writer

Kelly Masterson

Cast

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Synopsis

Master filmmaker Sidney Lumet directs this absorbing 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. A classy, classic heist-gone-wrong drama in the tradition of "The Killing" and Lumet's own "The Anderson Tapes," "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is smart enough to know that we often have the most to fear from those who are near and dear.