The Grifters

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Jay M @Jbird2026 1d Remember it fondly from 1990… Was pretty mah seeing it again in 2026. Just really didn’t seem like that great of a story this time around. Have seen all of them to a better acting job.. And I am left wondering what happened to all the money in the trunk of lilies El Dorado? See more Adam K @Adamkapl 4d The Grifters is what happens when three professional liars walk into the same family reunion and realize nobody can be trusted not even Mom. John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, and Annette Bening are absolutely cooking. Everyone is scheming, everyone is hustling, and everyone has a backup plan for their backup plan. It’s slick, nasty, darkly funny, and deliciously twisted. You don’t watch these people make bad decisions, you watch them make highly educated bad decisions. Nobody tells the truth. Everybody wants your money. And Mom is fucking terrifying. See more Sabra P @Sabra606 Aug 6 The Grifters moves like a loaded dice game where everyone knows the odds are crooked but keeps betting anyway. It's slick, dangerous, and soaked in the kind of moral exhaustion that makes every smile feel like a setup. The performances crackle with quiet desperation, and the film never mistakes cynicism for emptiness. Beneath the cons and betrayals is a surprisingly poignant story about people so committed to surviving that they've forgotten how to trust, making every victory feel strangely heartbreaking. See more Carter S @seestonebat Oct 5 This is a shockingly overrated movie which is riddled with terrible screenwriting. I finally got around to watching it 35 years after its release, having heard good things about it, and I'm really disappointed. There are a lot of plot holes and just shockingly bad screenwriting here. Without giving away too much, a character in desparate need of money leaves a literal car trunk full of money behind before going on the lam for no discernable reason. There's a dramatic death scene that is ridiculous and physically impossible, and it could have been easily written to not be. One of the primary characters is depicted as cold and calculating and does idiotic things, including given the choice of two cars to drive away from a murder scene, they take the one registered to the murder victim and not the one that the police had no reason to pull over. Just, terrible, terrible writing. What a waste of a brilliant cast. See more Ted B @Movieaddicted 09/08/2025 3.5 stars; I am a real sucker for "con" movies, especially when there is an all-star cast, and the audience becomes part of the con. A Martin Scorsese film... what else needs to be said? It was fast-paced and had multiple plots/cons going on at the same time. The one thing you do know is that you're going to get a Greek tragedy ending. No disappointment there. All in all, I was a little disappointed with the movie. I thought the acting and directing were good (as was expected). This film had so much potential. I can't put my finger on it, but there just seemed to be something missing. See more Meri S. @mschroeder 08/29/2025 DNF. Not that good. Too bad since a stellar cast. See more Read all reviews

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