Amazon.co.uk: The Grifters [1991]: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe, Robert Weems, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jimmy Noonan, Richard Holden, Henry Jones, Michael Laskin, Eddie Jones, Sandy Baron, Lou Hancock, Gailard Sartain, Noelle Harling, Stephen Frears: Video

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The Grifters [1991]
VHS ~ Anjelica Huston

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Actors: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe, Robert Weems
Directors: Stephen Frears
Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Classification:
Studio: 4 Front Video
VHS Release Date: 2 Jul 2001
Run Time: 105 minutes

Average Customer Review:

(1 customer review)

ASIN: B00005LLJC
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,225 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Annette Bening twists like a mink on a leash through Stephen Frears' The Grifters, an adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel. This may be the perfect trope for the moral hysteria that coils around a mother, her son and his girlfriend in this slender but highly pleasurable neo-noir. Small in effect and local in scope, the film is about small-fry, attractive, bloodless con-artists who view the world as neatly split between ropers and suckers, grifters and squares. "Grifter's got an irresistible urge to beat a guy that's wise", an old-timer tells Roy (John Cusack). And yet the three characters here--played by Angelica Huston, John Cusack and Bening--only beat the innocent: Lilly (Huston) gigs at the track for a mobster named Bobo, putting wads of cash on long-shot horses to even out the odds. Roy, her son, swindles citizens by dimes and degrees, flashing twenties at bars then paying for his beer with tens. His girlfriend, Myra (Bening), is hustling herself, her salad days as a long-con roper behind her. Theirs is a world of gut punches and smart lines, and the adrenaline these cheats and chisellers live by is palpable onscreen. But a larger canvas? Maybe it's there as a parallel universe. "What do you sell again?" Myra asks Roy, the matchbook salesman. "Self-confidence", he says, a wry allusion to the confidence game all three of them are playing. The movie boasts dazzling turns by Bening, Cusack and, especially, Huston, whose m&eagrave;re-fatale breaks new ground for noir. --Lyall Bush, Amazon.com

Synopsis
Based on the novel by Jim Thompson, 'The Grifters' tells the story of three desperate con artists based in the seedy underworld of Los Angeles. Described as an erotic thriller.