Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Critic Reviews

Compact, nasty, and altogether wonderful, a tale of brotherly greed and New York comeuppance that shows an old dog dusting off old tricks using new technology.Read the full review

A superb crime melodrama.Read the full review

In addition to being a study in great acting, this is a study in great directing.Read the full review

Offers the rare pleasure of watching a major director return to his own material and rework it 30 years later. This story of a pitiful jewel heist gone so profoundly wrong that it approaches the scope of Greek tragedy isn't quite a remake of "Dog Day Afternoon."Read the full review

Its virtues are velocity, energy, innovative storytelling - and something that seems even more the province of young directors: a certain heartlessness and ironic distance in the tone.Read the full review

Mesmerizing.Read the full review

Pungently atmospheric, brilliantly textured and featuring superb performances from every performer in parts big and small.Read the full review

This is no nostalgia trip taken by an 83-year-old director. It's a fierce, hot slap of a movie, a shameless melodrama with bite.Read the full review

The wrenching tale has something for anyone who likes their melodrama spiked with palpable tension and genuine suspense.Read the full review