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Best Laid Plans
20th Century Fox

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Critic Score
Metascore: 40 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
5.5 out of 10
based on 14 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language and sexuality

Starring Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, and Josh Brolin

Nick (Nivola) is caught in a dead end job in a dead end town. About the only thing going well for him is Lissa (Witherspoon), his new girlfriend. A chance to make some easy cash, and a way out of town only leads to more trouble as they become caught in a web of sex, thefts, gangsters, kidnappings and murder. (20th Century Fox)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Ted Griffin  
DIRECTED BY: Mike Barker  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: February 22, 2000 
Video: February 22, 2000 
Theatrical: September 10, 1999 
RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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80
Film.com Tom Keogh
A careful, intelligent, and seamless design that makes room for a couple of unexpected twists.
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75
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Doesn't come close to the pulp beauty and complexity of classic noir.
75
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Has the refined taste to crib from classics like "Double Indemnity."
60
TV Guide Ken Fox
Director Mike Barker has delivered a film that proves there's life left in the old genre yet, and does so with style, intelligence and surprisingly little violence.
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60
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A fine mood piece with lots of atmosphere and boasts terrific performances from its stars.
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50
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
The plot thickens and thickens and thickens until it chokes on a tangled mess of double-crosses.
50
The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Style overwhelms substance by default.
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50
LA Weekly Steven Mikulan
Manages to be a fun twist-within-a-twist movie.
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40
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Director Mike Barber springs a twist ending that makes you sit up and stifle those yawns.
38
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Sadly, a film about betrayal is ultimately betrayed by the film maker's own lack of conviction.
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38
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A cast almost talented enough to distract you from Ted Griffin's gimmicky screenplay.
25
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
So concerned with being a film that it forgets to be a movie.
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20
Village Voice Dennis Lim
A creakily mechanical B-noir.
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0
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
An inept low-budget thriller.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 5.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Grae A. gave it a 4:
Somewhat slow in the beginning, then halfway through, the plot picks up as do the characters. The ending was surprising, overall not a bad film for a lazy night.

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