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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Scott Frank (written by)
Release Date:
30 March 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Whoever has the money has the power
Plot:
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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8 nominations
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(56 articles)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Chris Pratt |
 | Jeff Daniels | ... | Lewis |
 | Matthew Goode | ... | Gary Spargo |
 | Isla Fisher | ... | Luvlee |
 | Carla Gugino | ... | Janet |
 | Bruce McGill | ... | Robert Pratt |
 | Alberta Watson | ... | Barbara Pratt |
 | Alex Borstein | ... | Mrs. Lange |
 | Sergio Di Zio | ... | Deputy Ted |
 | David Huband | ... | Mr. Tuttle |
 | Laura Vandervoort | ... | Kelly |
| Greg Dunham | ... | Bone |
 | Morgan Kelly | ... | Marty |
 | Aaron Berg | ... | Cork |
 | Tinsel Korey | ... | Maura |
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Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content.
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99 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:R |
Germany:12 |
Sweden:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:15 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:15 |
Malaysia:U |
Argentina:13 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Finland:K-13 (video rating) (2007) |
Australia:M
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The hockey game Chris listens to on the radio was played during the 2005-2006 NHL season between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Detroit Red Wings. Players mentioned include Pascal Leclaire, Manny Malhotra, Mark Hartigan, and Trevor Letowski for Columbus and Robert Lang, Mikael Samuelsson, Nicklas Lidstrom, and Tomas Holmstrom for Detroit.
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Factual errors: You cannot lock the keys inside a VW Jetta.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Chris Pratt: It only happens once a year, and then they die. It's like a mating ritual or something.
Kelly: Isn't that romantic?
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Chris Pratt: It only happens once a year, and then they die. It's like a mating ritual or something.
Kelly: Isn't that romantic?
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Referenced in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Best of 2007" (2007)
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Soundtrack:
That's Too Bad (Byron Jam)
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I had a conversation with a friend earlier this week, regarding the lack of effort being put into films these days. In the 21st century, there are very few films worth seeing, in comparison to the earlier 80's, and 90's. Back then, there weren't 100's of movies being churned out a week, with only 1 or 2 being even half decent. This is the reason that this movie took me entirely by surprise.
The movie is centered around Chris Pratt ( Josepth Gordon-Levitt), a partially handicapped man, in his earlier 20's. Chris used to live a great life, have great friends, and amazing talent on the ice. Now, after a car accident that changed his life, he suffers from slight mental handicaps, although they are prominently random, and don't have a major effect on the movie. Chris is still recovering from his car crash, and trying to move up in his job. He works at "Noah's Central Bank" as a Janitor, but has been pushing to be a teller for ages. Desperate for companions, Chris jumps at the first person to befriend him, and slowly falls into the wrong crowd. As Chris gets deeper and deeper in with his group of friends, he's pressured to help them with a robbery. Only catch: The heist is taking place at his bank.
Although the movie seems pretty straightforward, the plot can be deceiving. First of all, if you are going to this movie expecting a movie based solely around a bank heist ( a la Inside Man), go to blockbusters and rent "Dog Day Afternoon". This movie focuses, for the most part, around Chris, and his decent from an innocent, hard working Janitor, to a confused, misled, and frustrated individual. Although not of the same Hollywood callibur as movies such as Inside Man, it is still easily worth the ticket. Which brings me to my next point.
After seeing this movie, I felt refreshed. I went into a movie, expecting explosions, poor dialogue, and close ups of bodies being blown away. I couldn't of been farther off. This movie veers away from Hollywood, and it pulls it off miraculously. The dialogue is crisp, the violence existing, but not overused, and the characters deep. I may only be so impressed by this movie because of what I was expecting, but I none the less recommend it to anyone willing to actually think during a movie, rather than watch a bunch of cars blow up.