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The Grifters

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The Grifters
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R,1hr 54min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1990
Director:
Stephen Frears
Distributor:
HBO Home Video
Starring:
John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening  ...more
Synopsis: Director Stephen Frears' tense adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Grifters was one of a number of revival film noirs in the first half of the '90s. Updating the setting to contemporary Los Angeles, the film follows a trio of con artists who are intent on out-foxing each other. Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is a simple, two-bit con, whose life is thrown into turmoil when his estranged mother Lilly (Anjelica Huston) returns home in an attempt to evade the law. Lilly doesn't warm to Roy's girlfriend ... Full Synopsis
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Vincent Canby, The New York Times
The Grifters moves with swift unsentimental resolve toward a last act as bleak as any in recent American screen literature. In a less skillful work, it would be a downer. The Grifters is so good that one leaves the theater on a spellbound high. [5 Dec 1990] Full Review
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86
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Based on 18 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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John Cusack
Roy Dillon
Anjelica Huston
Lilly Dillon
Annette Bening
Myra Langtry
Pat Hingle
Bobo Justus
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Annette Bening, 50: She defines grace and graciousness, from her earliest days as a young high...
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