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Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a debt-ridden broker, needs some quick cash. He ropes his younger brother, Hank (Ethan Hawke), into a scheme to commit the perfect crime: to rob their parents' (Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris) jewelry store. The scheme goes horribly awry, and the family patriarch takes justice into his own hands, unaware that the criminals he is hunting are his own sons.
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"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," the expertly acted story of two brothers and a con gone very wrong, is full of clever little tricks. We make assumptions about its outcome based on other smart, ironic films we've seen about cons, and what we think we know of human nature. None of those assumptions turns out to be right, giving the film the kind of edgy allure that's likely to make it an indie hit this fall. (Full review)