Best Laid PlansBest Laid Plans

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  • Aspect Ratio:
    Widescreen
  • Rating:
     R — for language
  • Language:
      Eng
  • Studio:
      20th Century Fox
  • UPC:
      024543047674
  • Year of Release:
      1999
  • Item Number:
      FXD061718
  • Release Date:
      12/01/2009
  • Genre:
     

    Crime –

    Crime Thriller –

    Post-Noir (Modern Noir)

  • Format:
     

    DVD

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

    Absolutely nobody is who he or she seems in this stylish thriller about a guy who wants to get out of his fly-speck hometown, the girlfriend who wants to help him, and the successful friend who just might make it possible. When Bryce (Josh Brolin) returns to his tiny hometown of Tropico, NV, he finds pal Nick (Alessandro Nivola) still living there unhappily. One night the pair meets a beautiful blonde at the bar and eventually Bryce takes her back to the house where he's staying. When the girl, Lissa (Reese Witherspoon), reveals that she's under age and threatens to turn Bryce in for statutory rape, he panics, ties her up in the basement, and puts in an anguished call to Nick. Little does Bryce realize, however, that Lissa is actually Nick's very grown-up girlfriend, and that the two lovers have decided Bryce and the ritzy house where he's staying will play a major role in their bid to leave behind dead-end Tropico forever. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:
  • Region: 1
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
  • Audio: Dolby Surround
  • Features:
    • cc
    • Original theatrical trailer
    • 8 deleted scenes
    • Alternate ending
    • Audio commentary with director Mike Barker
    • Featurette
    • Cast and crew bios
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
REVIEW:
  • A slick visual sense, tight plotting, clever comic relief, and plenty of post-Tarantino playing around with time distinguish this neo-noir thriller from sophomore director Mike Barker. Writer Ted Griffin knows that double-crosses and unreliable narration are the name of the game in this genre, but he still manages to keep the audience guessing with his labyrinth script. It helps that preppy Josh Brolin makes such a believably slimy bachelor and that Reese Witherspoon's cover-girl features and frosty reserve are so indelible. Dead-end settings, picturesque villains, and graphic violence may be stock devices in the playful end of the noir revival, but the PC button-pushing and gender subtext of Best Laid Plans make for a richer, more nuanced viewing experience than we'd get from a straightforward genre effort of similar quality. Special notice should be paid to the performance of Alessandro Nivola, whose poutily handsome features and barely checked intensity also graced Michael Winterbottom's similarly dark I Want You. Best Laid Plans doesn't live up to the quality of that film, but it does mark Barker and Griffin as filmmakers to watch. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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