A Simple Plan (1998)
Genre: Crime / Thriller
Duration: 121 minuten
Country:
United States / United Kingdom / Germany / France / Japan
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Stars: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda
IMDb score:
7,5 (83.965)
Releasedate: 11 December 1998
A Simple Plan plot
"Sometimes good people do evil things."
Two brothers, the smart family man Hank and the simple Jacob, together with a friend find a bag containing more than four million dollars in a crashed plane. They decide to keep the money if no one demands it. However, it is not easy to keep the find a secret and before they know it, the three are embroiled in violence, murder and other cases.
Actors and actresses
Jacob Mitchell
Hank Mitchell
Sarah Mitchell
Lou Chambers
Tom Butler
Carl Jenkins
Nancy Chambers
Baxter
FBI Agent Renkins
FBI Agent Freemont
Reviews & comments
Nekstwan
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- 105 messages
- 358 votes
Saw it again last night on Belgium 1. Even if you know the story, A Simple Plan remains a fascinating thriller. In my opinion even a small masterpiece. Not only is the plan simple, so is the film itself. It is precisely the lack of complicated and far-fetched (secondary) plots that makes A Simple Plan a very believable story. And the acting performances of Thornton and Paxton in particular ensure that you will not be bored for a second. One comment (because no film is 100% perfect) without spoiler: I don't quite understand the ending between the brothers Hank and Jacob.
I give this movie a very big 9.
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Kaspertijn
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- 36 messages
- 6 votes
Men who work themselves further and further into trouble, that initially seems to be the motor of the film. It is the reason for the clash between the sometimes unpredictable main characters. This sometimes makes for emotionally weighing scenes, such as the dialogue between Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton in the car. Some main characters do step over the value of a human life very quickly, which made it a bit difficult for me to fully empathize with the characters. The denouement felt a bit too much like a mechanical construction rather than a logical consequence of the previous events. But as a whole, the film was able to captivate me because of the atmosphere, the snow landscapes provide a claustrophobic atmosphere, and there is a striking extra role for a lot of photogenic crows.
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