Movies   DVD   My Movies 
Search Yahoo! Movies:  
Movies Home    In Theaters    Showtimes & Tickets    Coming Soon    Top Rated    Trailers & Clips    News    Box Office
spacer    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  Movie Main Page
Movie Overview
  Movie Details
  Showtimes & Tickets
  DVD/Video Info
  Trailers & Clips
  Cast and Credits
  Awards & Nominations
Reviews and Previews
  Critics Reviews
User Reviews
Photos
  Premiere Photos
  Movie Stills
Community
  Message Board
Shopping
  Buy the DVD/Video
Other Resources
  Web Sites

 
The Critics:
A-
6 reviews
Start Rating
Movies Now!
Sign In
or sign up
Yahoo! Users:
B-
2290 ratings
 User Reviews (164 reviews)
Write a review Write your own review
Sort by:  Previous   |  11-20 of 164  |   Next  
Overall Grade: D
Story: D
Acting: B
Direction: C
Visuals: B-
Tortured people treating one another despicably
by Liam (movies profile) (Dec 21, 2007)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Hi everyone! Do you enjoy being immersed in the petty nastiness of human being for a couple hours? Want to see excellent actors, Hawke and Hoffman, turning in thoroughly... Full Review

Overall Grade: D-
Story: D
Acting: C+
Direction: B-
Visuals: D-
The feel-bad movie of the decade.
by John (movies profile) (Dec 21, 2007)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
This is a well-acted, cleverly structured film from a great director. But the characters are all so unlikeable it was impossible to care about any of them. The film just... Full Review

Overall Grade: B
Story: B
Acting: A
Direction: B-
Visuals: C+
No End in Sight
by fredean (movies profile) (Dec 13, 2007)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
The film did grab me I must admit. Outside a woman veiwer complained that it was horrible. Yes, indeed. The world can be horrible. I mentioned to her that it was Shakespe... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
What's all the fuss about?
by (movies profile) (Nov 25, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Individually the performances were great, but what's so special about the story? We only get some small feel for the relationship between the emotionally absentee father... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A
Acting: A+
Direction: A
Visuals: A+
Excellent movie
by donald (movies profile) (Jun 10, 2008)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
The acting in this movie was fantastic. I thought Phillip Seymour Hoffman was better in this one than Capote. And Marisa Tomei, besides being the most beautiful 40 some... Full Review

Overall Grade: D
Story: D
Acting: D
Direction: D
Visuals: C-
Really? The critics liked this? Really?
by DougC (movies profile) (Jul 6, 2008)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
An interesting premise, albeit done before, but in this movie it was done in the most annoying, plodding and predictable way. Even some of the bad reviews say the acting... Full Review

Overall Grade: C-
Story: B-
Acting: A
Direction: C-
Visuals: D
Acting Not Enough for this movie
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Dec 21, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
With a solid cast Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, I figured I was in for an outstanding night at the movies. What I got was a movie... Full Review

Overall Grade: C-
Story: C-
Acting: B+
Direction: N/A
Visuals: C
A pointless look at the depraved and soul-less.
by ne (movies profile) (Dec 21, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
It kept your attention all the way through, and in that sense this movie did entertain. But after it was over, I really didn't get the point, other than there are some d... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
Good acting. Ridiculous ending.
by bob (movies profile) (Feb 23, 2008)
6 of 11 people found this review helpful
Sidney Lumet has been making taught, great movies for years. And he looked as his he'd made another one for the first 35 minutes of this film. However, it all goes awry... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: B-
Acting: C
Direction: C-
Visuals: C
Who Casts Ethan Hawke?
by Richard H (movies profile) (Dec 3, 2007)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
The premise of the movie,interesting and twisted. The pace was almost snail-like, dragged when it should have moved, to the point of distraction. The only redeeming part... Full Review
Previous   |  11-20 of 164  |   Next  




Yahoo! Movies: In Theaters - Times & Tickets - Trailers - DVD - News & Gossip - Box Office - Browse Movies - more...
Yahoo! Entertainment: Movies - Music - TV - Games - Astrology - more...

  Get smooth streaming movie clips with fast Internet access from SBC Yahoo! DSL