The title of the film is taken from the old Irish blessing, and in this case the players are in desperate need of Providence. The characters are sharp, and the plot is one of the most original that I have seen in some time. If you enjoy seeing men behave badly to their own dismay, yet are compelled to do so by compulsions that we simply cannot understand, than this film is for you.
The stunning cast including Ethan Hawke, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marissa Tomei, and one of my personal favorites, Albert Finney. The story follows two brothers (Ethan and Phillip’s characters) who are both down on their luck and need a quick way to get some cash, and the scheme that is employed is simply shocking, they plan to rob their own parents’ jewelry store, and then things go horribly wrong.
The cast gives intricate and stunning performances, my favorite of which is the great Albert Finney as the boy’s father, the man is pure emotion and the drama he can create by simply tearing up is instant legend. All of the players are at the top of their form and it is without a doubt Hoffman’s best performance since his award winning role as eccentric writer and socialite, Truman Capote in the film Capote.
Ethan Hawke also give the performance of his career as the younger and emotionally distressed brother, who is forever trying to impress his older, successful sibling. The dead weight in the movie is the cardboard Marissa Tomei, her character served little to no purpose, but the film apparently needed a female lead. She was the only dull spot in an otherwise flawless cast.
The events that transpire in the film are the work of master screen-writers, but more than that the characters are the central focal point of the narrative. We genuinely care about the situation that these to very bad men have gotten themselves into and still wish reconciliation rather than retribution for these men. After seeing the film I’m sure that you will see them as indentifiable in a way, which is where the magic of this film lay.
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