Frogs For Snakes (1998)
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27% of critics liked it
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48% of users liked it
(312 ratings)
This "neo-noir comic thriller" from director Amos Poe focuses on struggling actress Eva (Barbara Hershey), a waitress who moonlights by making collections for her ex-husband, loan shark Al (Robbie Coltrane). Her day job is at a Lower Manhattan diner owned by Quint (Ian Hart). Others on the… More This "neo-noir comic thriller" from director Amos Poe focuses on struggling actress Eva (Barbara Hershey), a waitress who moonlights by making collections for her ex-husband, loan shark Al (Robbie Coltrane). Her day job is at a Lower Manhattan diner owned by Quint (Ian Hart). Others on the scene are Eva's new boyfriend Zip (John Leguizamo), aspiring actress Myrna (Lisa Marie), Al's girlfriend Simone (Debi Mazar), tough thug Gascone (Ron Perlman), and Al's driver U.B. (David Deblinger). Eva is ready to drop both collecting and acting, dreaming of a picket-fence lifestyle with her son Augie (Zak Kerkoulas), but Al needs her for just one more job -- locating the missing $600,000 stolen from him by Flav (Justin Theroux). Al also plans to stage a production of David Mamet's American Buffalo, and he offers a role to U.B. -- if he will kill Zip. Shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Amos Poe, Amanda Poe
- Written By
- Amos Poe
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- May 21, 1999 Limited
- On DVD
- Oct 19, 1999
- Studio
- TSG Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Not a film so much as a filmed idea. That could be interesting, but alas it is a very bad idea.
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Bruce Feld, Film Journal International
Poe pulls no punches in his merciless depiction of hams desperate to strut their stuff, even with fresh corpses in attendance.
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Cast
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Barbara Hershey
as Eva
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Robbie Coltrane
as Al Santana
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Harry Hamlin
as Klensch
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Ian Hart
as Quint
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John Leguizamo
as Zip
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Lisa Marie
as Myrna
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Debi Mazar
as Simone
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Ron Perlman
as Gascone
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Clarence Williams III
as Huck
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Zak Kerkoulas
as Augie
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Sabrina Passuntino
as Oskie
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Justin Theroux
as Flav
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David Deblinger
as U.B.
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Nick Chinlund
as Iggy
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Mike Starr
as Crunch
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Taylor Mead
as Doctor
