| Actors: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Gene Wolande, Jonathan McMurtry Director: Mike Barker Creators: Alan Greenspan, Betsy Beers, Chris Moore, Mike Newell, Nancy Paloian, Sean Bailey, Ted Griffin Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense Sub-Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense Studio: 20th Century Fox Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic - Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 02/22/2000 Original Release Date: 01/01/1999 Theatrical Release Date: 00/00/1999 Release Year: 2000 Run Time: 1hr 32min Screens: Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 4 Members Wishing: 0 Edition: Special Edition MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Subtitles: English, Spanish |
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  | Best Laid Plans Widescreen, Special Edition Actors: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Gene Wolande, Jonathan McMurtry Director: Mike Barker Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense R 2000 1hr 32min At first, Best Laid Plans comes off like yet another all-flash-no-substance crime thriller, but it's one of those rare films that end better than they start. Nick (Alessandro Nivola from Face/Off), broke and desperate to g... more » |
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Member Movie Reviews Jeremy G. Reviewed on 2/5/2011... Reece is smoking hot!! LMAO 0 of 4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Movie ReviewsContrived, convoluted, but somewhat watchable Dennis Littrell | SoCal | 12/28/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "This mostly forgotten thriller starring Reese Witherspoon (Lissa) and Alessandro Nivola (Nick) suffers from a mightily contrived plot and a "Huh?--What happened?" ending. Nick is a guy who works at the local recycling plant (that's a new workplace for celluloid protagonists) who is about to inherit some big bucks from his father who has just kicked the bucket.
Meanwhile some of his coworkers are scheming up a plot to...well, no spoilers here. Let's just say that the viewer does not find out about this plot until the end, and then it seems a little...well, lame. Along comes Lissa looking mighty fine and they fall in love, although I must say the chemistry certainly didn't spark up the screen. Now comes complication number one: the old man blew almost all his money and what he didn't blow the IRS is grabbing. Because of this Nick gets tempted into driving a get-away car for a drug rip off... Things go awry and Nick ends up in deep doo-doo, and in desperation gets Lissa to help him rip off an old school chum...which... Well, what these people do in desperation is a little on the unbelievable side. I'm sorry that's all vague, but at least it's enough information to let you know if you actually saw this movie or not. Now, if you like probability-challenged, convoluted plots with loose ends and a lot of unlikely twists and turns, you might find this movie interesting. And if you like Reese, and you should, you might also find a reason for sticking around until the end. I know I did. She does a good job and looks good doing it. Bottom line: although the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, it can also be said that the most meticulously contrived plots sometimes turn out about as convincing as pseudoscience. Incidentally the title is a paraphrase of the 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns's line: "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/Gang aft a-gley."" |
