Sidney Lumet is still alive?? Yes, apparently, and making movies at the ripe old age of 83. Don't know who he is? Think 1988 -- Running on Empty. Think 1978 -- The Wiz. Think 1957 -- 12 Angry Men. These are great films.
This is not a great film, though. Philip Seymour Hoffman is really good, and I totally have a soft spot in my heart for Marisa Tomei, but Ethan Hawke is his usual over-acting self (is this the only character he does?) and the story is just not tight enough to pull off the complexity it needs in direction and dialog. It's entertaining.
The best thing I gleaned from it was the Irish blessing that opens (and names) the film: "May you be in heaven half an hour... before the devil knows you're dead."
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