Wow, this movie is a real downer on so many levels it is hard to know where to begin. The attacks on any value worth mentioning are relentless. Pain and grief are served raw with a large side of betrayal, washed down with copious amounts of whiskey (a depressant).
The film as a film noir should at least have underlying currents of point and value to the standards they are holding up to knock down. This film just knocks them down for no apparent reason other than the pleasure of doing so.
Where to begin? Marriage is a pathetic construct being manipulated by greedy manipulative shrews, and the kids that result are objects for gaining control and further manipulation.
It is so bad that when Platt tells Cusack he was sleeping with his then-wife (now Platt's wife) for over a year before Cusack was divorced from her Cusack just shrugs. Betrayal of a best friend is such a non event.
The cop is a pandering opportunist who repeatedly declines to enforce the law for the incredibly distant hope of getting a good mention by Cusack to Cusack's boss. The incompetent and bumbling cop is murdered for his efforts.
The thieves (Billy Bob & Cusack) are un-endearing double crossing losers, and the main female role (Connie Nielsen) is right there with them.
It is relentless in its effort to sap capital from anything that might possibly have some left.
Not one redeeming value or reason why in this whole waste of time and money. Unless your goal is to exit more depressed and with fewer answers than when you entered, don't waste your coins or moments of life.
The film as a film noir should at least have underlying currents of point and value to the standards they are holding up to knock down. This film just knocks them down for no apparent reason other than the pleasure of doing so.
Where to begin? Marriage is a pathetic construct being manipulated by greedy manipulative shrews, and the kids that result are objects for gaining control and further manipulation.
It is so bad that when Platt tells Cusack he was sleeping with his then-wife (now Platt's wife) for over a year before Cusack was divorced from her Cusack just shrugs. Betrayal of a best friend is such a non event.
The cop is a pandering opportunist who repeatedly declines to enforce the law for the incredibly distant hope of getting a good mention by Cusack to Cusack's boss. The incompetent and bumbling cop is murdered for his efforts.
The thieves (Billy Bob & Cusack) are un-endearing double crossing losers, and the main female role (Connie Nielsen) is right there with them.
It is relentless in its effort to sap capital from anything that might possibly have some left.
Not one redeeming value or reason why in this whole waste of time and money. Unless your goal is to exit more depressed and with fewer answers than when you entered, don't waste your coins or moments of life.
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