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About this movie

Genres:
Comedy
Language:
English
Running time:
1:41:24
Partner rating:
R
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Tobey Maguire
  2. Elizabeth Banks
  3. Laura Linney
  4. Dennis Haysbert
  5. Ray Liotta
  6. Kerry Washington

Directors

  1. Jacob Aaron Estes

Producers

  1. Mark Gordon
  2. Hagai Shaham
  3. Bryan Zuriff

Writers

  1. Jacob Aaron Estes

The Details


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Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks star in this darkly funny comedy about how one perfect couple's small mistake leads to a wild chain of events involving extortion, sex and murder. Laura Linney, Kerry Washington, Ray Liotta round out the all-star cast.


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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

47%Tomatometer score: 47% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle "The Details" is not just entertaining, but potentially useful. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    John Hartl, Seattle Times As the title suggests, it's all in the details, which writer-director Estes provides in large if not always convincing doses. Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Tom Long, Detroit News It's hard to make a fine actress like Laura Linney look off-key and shrill, but "The Details" manages to do just that. It's hardly an accomplishment. Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Kyle Smith, New York Post "The Details" cancels itself out by being too campy to take seriously and too tragic to laugh at. Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post "The Details" wears its quirky heart on its sleeve, signaling (and smirking at) its own silliness, at every opportunity, with an intrusively antic score that makes everything sound like a giant joke. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times It all adds up to create a dicey morality tale that's as improbable as it is strangely believable. Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    Stephen Holden, New York Times Instead of turning soft and squishy, this examination of karma gets tougher as it goes along. Its refusal to settle into a cozy niche may be commercially disastrous, but I take it as a sign of integrity. Full review External link

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