Leon (Caleb Landry Jones) is not a very likeable young man. He is killed after he pulls a knife on a worker and insults him. Everyone saw he was murdered, yet everyone saw an industrial accident. His mother Jeanie (Christina Hendricks) believes something is wrong. Her husband Mickey (Philip Seymour Hoffman) thinks so too, but is distracted by his "side" businesses and gambling.
The story centers on a small community known as "God's Pocket" a small sector of the city where everybody knows everything about everyone within the neighborhood. They don't like outsiders.
Philip Seymour Hoffman once again shines in the third movie that he has made since he died. He will be in two more. (David Carradine did nine.) The film was a comedy at times, but was mostly a tragedy. I think those who would simply call it a dark comedy are smug individuals who have never lived in a working class community. You know the same people who looked down and laughed at the characters in "Jack Goes Boating." They need to be pummeled. (A little blue-collared dark humor inspired from the film.)
The film is character driven (not much action or plot) but is more about the character of a community than individuals. I would really like to see less of Philip Seymour Hoffman having sex, although not as bad as "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
Worth a rental. Good performances by what appears to be type casting.
Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity.
The story centers on a small community known as "God's Pocket" a small sector of the city where everybody knows everything about everyone within the neighborhood. They don't like outsiders.
Philip Seymour Hoffman once again shines in the third movie that he has made since he died. He will be in two more. (David Carradine did nine.) The film was a comedy at times, but was mostly a tragedy. I think those who would simply call it a dark comedy are smug individuals who have never lived in a working class community. You know the same people who looked down and laughed at the characters in "Jack Goes Boating." They need to be pummeled. (A little blue-collared dark humor inspired from the film.)
The film is character driven (not much action or plot) but is more about the character of a community than individuals. I would really like to see less of Philip Seymour Hoffman having sex, although not as bad as "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
Worth a rental. Good performances by what appears to be type casting.
Guide: F-bomb, sex, nudity.