A taut, well-executed if somewhat predictable riff on the murderous caper-that-goes-wrong theme that has anchored sexy, blood-stained crime pictures from The Postman Always Rings Twice to Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
The Square
Some things can't be buried.
2008 · 1h 45m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Nash Edgerton
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The Square
Overview
Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.
Director and cast
- Nash Edgerton Director
- David Roberts as Raymond Yale
- Claire van der Boom as Carla Smith
- Joel Edgerton as Billy
- Hanna Mangan Lawrence as Lily (as Hannah Mangan-Lawrence)
- Anthony Hayes as Greg 'Smithy' Smith
- Peter Phelps as Jake
- Bill Hunter as Gil Hubbard
- Kieran Darcy-Smith as Barney
- Stephen Weston as Charlie
- Lisa Bailey as Wendy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
A well-made and entertaining descent into a black-comic hell.
It's as if filmmaking brothers Joel and Nash Edgerton (Joel cowrote, produced and costars, Nash directed) sat down and said, "Let's watch these suckers wreck their lives, and the lives of everyone around them."
A perverse delight, the rare film that makes you feel good about feeling bad (or at least watching others do so).
Things go from bad to worse to downright disastrous in the enthralling Australian import The Square.
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