Loyalty. It's all relative.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon |
| Director |
Sidney Lumet |
| Screenplay | Kelley Masterson |
| Music | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Ron Fortunato |
| Editing | Tom Swartwout |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Linsefilm, Michael Cerenzie Productions, Unity Productions |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium
| Genre | Crime, drama |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | Sexual and non-sexual |
| Sex | Infrequent, intense, graphic |
| Violence | Frequent, bloody, intense |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Use of profanities like Chrissakes or Gawd, etc. may be upsetting to Christian communities. Some scenes of strong sexual activity may be inappropriate. |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
| Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Jacques Liebenberg  Onstellende maar uitstekende. | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Carina Chocano Melodrama's bite traces the tangled paths of immorality. | 15 | |
| The Citizen Natalie Bosman It makes you think about how far you might go if the situation was desperate enough. | 12 |  |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert This is a movie, I promise you, that grabs you and won't let you think of anything else. I | 20 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli After more than 40 years working in this business, the director is still capable of crafting an entertaining and thought provoking motion picture. | 15 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers No way you won't be knocked for a loop. | 18 | |
| ScreenItA decent but not great family drama tinged with criminal and other sordid behavior. | 11 | |
| Metacritic.com 5 critics | 18 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 121 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A triumphant return to form for Sidney Lumet. | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 2953 Netizens May you be in heaven half an hour…Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | 16 | |
Average .. 78% | 16 | |