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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

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All Time

of 190,142

629

2000's

of 34,011

154

2007

of 1,603

23
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,077
  
  128
  
  Crime of 2007
  
  of 96
  
  5
  
  Crime of the 2000's
  
  of 1,142
  
  27
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  370
  
  Drama of 2007
  
  of 640
  
  16
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  86
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,011
  
  146
  
  Thriller of 2007
  
  of 249
  
  8
  
  Thriller of the 2000's
  
  of 3,010
  
  27

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0899

Avg Critic Score:3.0736

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is such a superb crime melodrama that I almost want to leave it at that. To just stop writing right now and advise you to go out and see it as soon as you can. ...read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is such a superb crime melodrama that I almost want to leave it at that. To just stop writing right now and advise you to go out and see it as soon as you can. ...read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

[T]he bleak movie remains tense, interesting and unpredictable throughout. ...read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Give props to Sidney Lumet. His influence is everywhere. American Gangster is just the kind of film this prince of New York City would have directed in the 1970s. And Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton owes much to Lumet's Network and The Verdict. ...read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

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New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

THE graphic opening scene of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" is a grabber: a flabby, sweaty Philip Seymour Hoffman pumping away at a very sleek and very nude Marisa Tomei during a vacation in Rio. However, this is not some 25-year-old, first-time...read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

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Film Journal International (Rex Roberts)

Joining a growing list of octogenarians who continue to work with energy and imagination, Sidney Lumet has been making the rounds of the fall festivals promoting his latest effort, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, a movie as gritty and shocking as...read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) review at Film Journal International (Rex Roberts)

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Sacramento News & Review (Jonathan Kiefer)

There�s a sense of the filmmaker himself trying to decide just what to make of this spectacle he�s staged, what stance to take....read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) review at Sacramento News & Review (Jonathan Kiefer)

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CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)

A miserable, dejected little flick....read the complete Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) review at CinemaBlend.com (Joshua Tyler)

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