Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
A small-time con man tries to avoid getting involved in big-time crime.
DVD Release Date: June 30, 1998
Stats: 408 reviews
This is a great movie and Annette Bening in it is the hottest thing to ever grace the screen. She has to be for the story to work, but to actually see the casting work for a change.
Also, this as Light Sleeper does, knows how to shock you. Get part of the audience to fall in ...( read more)
Unjustifiably forgotten new classic. A striking and quirky neo noir with a superb triad of criminals blinded by greed. Terrific score by Elmer Bernstein.
the grifters is about con men or women. the women doing the big time cons, the man (mr cusack) happy to do small fry stuff and get punched from time to time when all doesn't go to plan. but what happens when his girlfriend finds out he's also a grifter, and his mother (also a big...( read more)
It's dated slightly over the years but the performances are still astonishing "the lady or the loot?"
A wow of a movie! Angelica Huston blew me away as the female hustler who screws over anybody who gets in her way of riches -- even her own son. The final confrontation between her and John Cusack has stuck with me to this day, and I only saw it once -- 16years ago.
I'd happily watch anything with John cusack in it. From John Cusack's cool, slick performance to a gripping and amusing script, they've achieved quite a good film.
The Grifters is a very good example of a great script making perfect use of its cast. The actors in the three principal leads(John Cusack, Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening) have extraordinary on screen chemistry. The script is the real star of the movie though. It is about a sm...( read more)
Still one of the best grifters movies out to date though I would of liked a twist ending.
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