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The Grifters [DVD] [1991] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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The Grifters [DVD] [1991] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Anjelica Huston
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  • Actors: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Jan Munroe, Robert Weems
  • Directors: Stephen Frears
  • Producers: Barbara De Fina, Jim Painter, Martin Scorsese, Peggy Rajski
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Miramax
  • DVD Release Date: 24 Sep 2002
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B000069I1U
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,638 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good adaptation of a classic noir novel., 4 April 2002
By Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Grifters [VHS] [1991] (VHS Tape)
Stephen Frears' adaptation of Jim Thompson's brilliant Freudian-noir (produced by Martin Scorsese) is well worth seeing. It pretty much captures the venal triangle depicted in the book- though you should seek out both Thompson;s books & other related works (Peckinpah's 'The Getaway', the collaborations with Stanley Kubrick: 'The Killing' & 'Paths of Glory'). Both Annette Benning & John Cusack are very good here- though the standout performance is Anjelica Huston (who was also superb in 'Crimes & Misdeameanours','The Dead', 'Prizzi's Honour' & 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'). She depicts the reptilian-matriarch with a female equivalent of Christopher Walken's performance in 'The King of New York'...This film is proof, along with 'High Fidelity', 'The Hi Lo Country' & 'The Van' that Frears is one of the finest British directors around. 'The Grifters' is that rare thing- a very good adaptation of a great novel & a crime film that deserves to be ranked next to films like 'A Simple Plan', 'Blood Simple'& 'One False Move' .
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