No one was supposed to get hurt.
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and bleak.
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- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Philip Seymour HoffmanAndy Hanson
- Ethan HawkeHank Hanson
- Albert FinneyCharles Hanson
- Marisa TomeiGina Hanson
- Aleksa PalladinoChris Lasorda
- Michael ShannonDex
- Amy RyanMartha Hanson
- Sarah LivingstonDanielle
- Brían F. O'ByrneBobby Lasorda
- Rosemary HarrisNanette Hanson
Crew
- Sidney LumetDirector
- Kelly MastersonWriter
- Ron FortunatoDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Tom SwartwoutEditor
- William S. GilmoreProducer
- Brian LinseProducer
- Paul ParmarProducer
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