Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
What critics thought
Sidney Lumet's late-career crime drama landed on nearly every major critic's year-end list for 2007, drawing near-universal admiration for its interlocking portrait of family collapse and criminal self-destruction. The ensemble cast earned particular attention, winning awards from multiple critics' circles, and the film was widely read as proof that Lumet, then in his eighties, had lost none of his command over actors or tension.
“At one level the movie is a wonderfully intricate exploration of family dysfunction. At another, it's a coolly controlled examination of increasingly insane criminal ineptitude. Either way you look at it, this is a hypnotizing film from one of our great masters.”
Richard Schickel·Time
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Sidney LumetDirector
Philip Seymour HoffmanAndy Hanson
Ethan HawkeHank Hanson
Albert FinneyCharles Hanson
Marisa TomeiGina Hanson
Aleksa PalladinoChris Lasorda
Michael ShannonDex
Amy RyanMartha Hanson
Sarah LivingstonDanielle
Brían F. O'ByrneBobby Lasorda
Rosemary HarrisNanette Hanson
Arija BareikisKathrine
Carter BurwellComposer
Kelly MastersonWriter
Ron FortunatoCinematographyBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
What critics thought
Sidney Lumet's late-career crime drama landed on nearly every major critic's year-end list for 2007, drawing near-universal admiration for its interlocking portrait of family collapse and criminal self-destruction. The ensemble cast earned particular attention, winning awards from multiple critics' circles, and the film was widely read as proof that Lumet, then in his eighties, had lost none of his command over actors or tension.
“At one level the movie is a wonderfully intricate exploration of family dysfunction. At another, it's a coolly controlled examination of increasingly insane criminal ineptitude. Either way you look at it, this is a hypnotizing film from one of our great masters.”
Richard Schickel·Time
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Sidney LumetDirectorPhilip Seymour HoffmanAndy HansonEthan HawkeHank HansonAlbert FinneyCharles HansonMarisa TomeiGina HansonAleksa PalladinoChris LasordaMichael ShannonDexAmy RyanMartha HansonSarah LivingstonDanielleBrían F. O'ByrneBobby LasordaRosemary HarrisNanette HansonArija BareikisKathrineCarter BurwellComposerKelly MastersonWriterRon FortunatoCinematography