Philip Seymour Hoffman directs and stars in this downbeat romantic dramedy about two working-class New York couples. Hoffman is a lonely limo driver set up on a date with a funeral home worker (Amy Ryan) by his best friends. As usual for these slice-of-life indie character dramas, everybody is unhappy, uncomfortable and awkward around one another. But the writing is sensitive and the acting is solid.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sidney Lumet ( Dog Day Afternoon) directs this bleak thriller about two brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke) who organize an ill-conceived robbery of their parents’ jewlery store. As expected, things go horribly wrong. It’s your typical caper flick, but with a master director, a very smart script and a hell of a cast (including Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei). HD available.
