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A Simple Plan

1998

Sam Raimi

Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, Brent Briscoe ...

7.0

9,837

Thriller. Mystery Two brothers, one a mild-mannered hardware store manager, the other an unemployed slob and a friend stumble onto $4.4 million cash in stolen money. The new-found booty leads Hank, the store manager (with help from his cunning wife), to great lengths to keep the money a secret from local authorities. The three men begin to doubt each other's trust, which leads to shocking results of lies and deceit.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'A Simple Plan' is one of the year's best films for a lot of reasons, including its ability to involve the audience almost breathlessly in a story of mounting tragedy (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"Lean, elegant, and emotionally complex"	POS
United States	Glenn Lovell Variety	"Raimi’s core audience will be disappointed in pic’s brooding tone and relative reserve, while others will be shocked by helmer’s signature mix of mirth and mayhem"	POS
United States	Stephen Hunter The Washington Post	"A piece that is severe and disciplined in its evocation of the cold terrors of fate."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis LA Weekly	"Sam Raimi has made an A-movie with the soul of a B-movie classic"	POS
United States	Mark Caro Chicago Tribune	"Generates genuine tension because it's propelled by actual human feeling, which, these days, turns out to be a surprisingly thrilling prospect"	POS
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"A poetic and suspenseful thriller that delves unassumingly into the cryptic regions of human nature (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Empire	"Although the simple plan itself spirals out of control and becomes complicated, this remains a simple, modest film: chilly, engrossing and human (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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