Best Laid Plans

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Summary: Tolerable, but not really that interesting.
Review: This film is not engaging at all; you don't care about what happens to the characters and the plot is utterly predictable at every turn. I had read good things about this movie and about Reese Witherspoon's performance, but both are utterly flat.

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Summary: Does coca cola really irritate your sinuses?
Review: This film was much better than I expected. I was expecting some mediocre teen movie but this is stunning. A great simple story: a couple try to rip someone off to pay back a debt. What could be simpler? How about when everything goes wrong? Do not want to give anything away but this story had a great and unexpected twist. The build up is very convincing and even when you think the story is going down one alley, it doesn't.

Reese Witherspoon and Alessandro Nivola are wonderful as the lovers trying to get out of Tropico: a dead end town and Josh Brolin does a convincing job as a hysterical up and coming yuppie who thinks he has committed the ultimate crime.

There are plenty of magic elements: the economics-major thug professing Adam Smith as a justification for violence, Nivola's way of avoiding a TV advert giving the game away and the cause of the brushfire are just three.

Watch this and enjoy the treat and if you see it on DVD see if you agree that the alternate ending is much better: positive but not as upbeat.

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Summary: NO BIG DEAL, BUT IT WON'T HURT YOU ...
Review: This film wished to be different and intriguing but it somehow fails along the way, even with good acting fom the main couple ( whitersppons and Alessandro ). The final conclusion is that it is a sometimes enjoyabole film, but, in general, bond to be forgotten soon after you watch it.

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Summary: Waste of money
Review: This makes for a good late night HBO movie when you are bored. Not worth the money spent to own , nor the time spent watching it. IF it was 20 years ago I might have said it was a good movie , but nowadays its just too boring and obvious.

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Summary: Couldn't take my eyes off of it
Review: This movie starts off with a bang and I was hooked from the first frame of the movie. The movie was an intelligent look at the great lengths a person will go to in order to save someone else and the ramifications of those actions. Reese Witherspoon gives one of her best performances as a woman trapped between morality and love. It should also be noted that Josh Brolin gives one of the greatest acting performances of his career. If you are looking for movie that is orininal, dark, and immensly interesting, I highly suggest Best Laid Plans.

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Summary: The ending alone makes the movie
Review: Well, I think that thrillers often get a little overdone. Anyone who watches many movies will probably agree. I felt like this movie was one movie that stayed believable, yet still kept the audience enthralled in the storyline.

This movie started off kind of slow, which may irk some of the viewers who want to get into it. However, this movie had one of the best and unpredictable endings in a thriller I've ever seen. This alone made the movie worth it.

I thought the young actors, notably Reese Witherspoon, were admirable in their roles. There was not really any bad acting in this movie. The script was well founded, and I thought that this was an original and creative idea.

Many of the twists of the movie are explained through characters actions rather than overt telling of plot sequences. This is a movie that starts a bit of a ways in, then retraces its steps, and then continues on through the movie.

If you are a moviegoer that enjoys twists and unpredictable endings, then I think this is the movie to watch.

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Summary: Leaving Tropico
Review: When watching this film you have to stay with it. It may seem at first to be just another teen film trying to be a crime film. During the middle you may be under the impression it's now trying to copy a twisty DePalma film; badly. It is neither of those things. This is a film where a lot of things change during the payoff, when the low key teen 'in over our heads' crime drama shows some humor and style, and even some black comedy. It is only then that we appreciate what has come before as we now see it in a new light.

The story starts out with baby faced Lissa (Reese Witherspoon) all tied up when Bryce (Josh Brolin) freaks out after she accuses him of raping her. He has called his buddy Nick (Alessandro Nivola) to get him out of this jam, unaware Lissa is his girlfriend and this is all part of a plan to blackmail him. Nick and Lissa need to pay off a very nasty bad guy he has stolen some money from and get out of this small town of Tropico. If you think I've revealed to much of the plot you couldn't be more wrong!

Witherspoon is sweet and affecting as a girl in love with a guy who isn't that smart and director Mike Barker uses a low key style to lull the viewer into thinking they know what is going on. Before your done here there will be deceit, betrayal, and humor so dark you can't see the stars. Nick and Lissa are part of a very funny commercial he makes for his dreary job and the gangster likes to apply economic theories to his particular situation.

Watching this film is like driving along a gently winding country road and suddenly coming upon some hairpin turns. The last 30 minutes of this film will make the effort of staying with it worth it. This is not your usual teen movie and leaving Tropico may be a little harder, and a little more entertaining, than you thought.

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Summary: Relationships Can Be Murder...
Review: Wow. 'Best Laid Plans' is a great thriller. It has twice as many twists as 'Wild Things' and is much more intelligent. It is an awesome film that will really leave you speechless...