Before The Devil Knows Your Dead is the last film directed by Sidney Lumet. It is a crime thriller starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei.
The film is about two brother's who decide to commit a crime, and I will say no more than that. The story is told in non-linear fashion and various events are seen from different points of view.
Before The Devil Knows Your Dead proves that Lumet is still a master story teller and Hoffman a consummate actor. This multi-layered thriller provides enough nail biting suspense for two films.
In watching this film you are reminded of the police adage, "There is no such thing as the perfect crime".
If you have not seen Before The Devil Knows Your Dead than you need too. Not only is it the last, great work of one of cinema's greatest director's, but it is also a complex film, with deep emotional consequences, rare in a suspense thriller of this type.
At The Movie House rating ****
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