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  • The Grifters
  • Opened December 5, 1990 | Runtime:1 hr. 54 min.
  • R
  • Hard-as-nails Lily Dillon (Anjelica Huston) works as a swindler for dangerous bookie Bobo (Pat Hingle), probably the only man she fears. Arriving in Los Angeles on ''business,'' Lily looks up her son, Roy (John Cusack), a small-time con artist Read More
  • Cast: John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, J.T. Walsh
  • Director: Stephen Frears
  • Genres: Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Drama, Crime

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    Los Angeles Times | Sheila Benson

    Diamond-hard and mesmerizing… Bening and Cusack are perfection at what...

  • 100
    Wall Street Journal | Julie Salamon

    Mr. Frears is as good with the small touches as he is with the big ones –...

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    [Frears] has not only captured the bleak qualities of the old film noir...

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The movie is pulp, yet it attains a surprising emotional power-especially when...

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