Best Laid Plans Movie Review 1999

Another contemporary noir where no one and nothing is as it seems (except the overly familiar plot). Nick (Nivola) and his bud, Bryce (Brolin), are bar hopping when Bryce picks up Lissa (Witherspoon). Later, a frantic Bryce calls Nick saying Lissa is underage and accusing him of rape. Nick offers to talk to Lissa and the story flashes back to the beginnings of an elaborate scam leading all concerned to a number of ill-considered decisions.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Crime Drama, Contemporary Noir, Scams, Stings & Cons, Flashback

Screenplay

Ted Griffin

Cast

Alessandro Nivola, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Rocky Carroll, Michael G. (Mike) Hagerty, Jamie Marsh

Cinematography

Ben Seresin

Director

Mike Barker

Music

Craig Armstrong

Producer

Alan Greenspan, Betsey Beers, Chris Moore, Mike Newell, Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century-Fox