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The Grifters
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder. Who’s conning who?
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder. Who’s conning who?
Crime, Drama - 1990
The Grifters
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A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Director:
,
Stephen Frears
Cast:
,
Annette Bening
,
Stephen Tobolowsky
,
John Cusack
,
Anjelica Huston
,
Henry Jones
,
Michael Laskin
,
Jan Munroe
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Robert Weems
,
Jimmy Noonan
,
Richard Holden

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Details

Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
8 Aug 1990
Country:
CA, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$13,446,769
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 11 wins & 21 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Best to savor The Grifters for its handsome design -- the picture looks as clean as a Hockney landscape -- and its juicy performances.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
6 Nov 2009
rotten:
A mannerist thriller that doesn't begin to work despite the number of talented hands involved.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 Nov 2009
rotten:
Cusack underplays Roy, making him an unbelievable wiseguy, a colorless cipher too akin to the saps he loves to fleece.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Donald Westlake's excellent screenplay does some justice to the starkness of Jim Thompson's novel; and Frears' direction never fails to grab the attention.
– Stephen Garrett,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
The Grifters is so good that one leaves the theater on a spellbound high.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
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