A pulpy slice of pie from deep in the heart of American nowhere, Evan Katz’s “Small Crimes” is far too convoluted for such an admittedly modest thriller, but the film ties together in such a perfect bow that it’s tempting to forgive all of the knots it took to get there.
At heart, this is a simple story of second chances. Crooked cop Joe Denton (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, striking the perfect balance between the disgraced prince he plays on “Game of Thrones” and Sawyer from “Lost”) has finally been granted parole after spending a few years in the pen for the attempted murder of a District Attorney, and he’s ready to turn his life around. Kind of. Maybe.
Joe is a raggedy shit-kicker, like a junkie who needs to shoot himself in the foot every few hours — you know the type. He spends the film’s opening shot...
At heart, this is a simple story of second chances. Crooked cop Joe Denton (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, striking the perfect balance between the disgraced prince he plays on “Game of Thrones” and Sawyer from “Lost”) has finally been granted parole after spending a few years in the pen for the attempted murder of a District Attorney, and he’s ready to turn his life around. Kind of. Maybe.
Joe is a raggedy shit-kicker, like a junkie who needs to shoot himself in the foot every few hours — you know the type. He spends the film’s opening shot...
- 3/12/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Author: Jon Lyus
Recently Netflix released Sundance success story I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Any More, the debut feature from writer and actor Macon Blair. We saw the film out in Park City and loved it, and the distribution on Netflix ensured that a far wider audience was given access to it. They, and Amazon, have stepped firmly into the mid-budget range, picking up independent films which used to be set for the specialist divisions of the big studios. Today Netflix have released a trailer for one of their recent acquisitions – Small Crimes, from director E. L. Katz.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau leads the film alongside Blair, who also co-wrote the adaptation of David Zeltserman’s novel. If you’ve not seen Katz’s 2013 Cheap Thrills you’re in for a real treat, and this looks like a fine follow up. The film follows the spiraling confluence of...
Recently Netflix released Sundance success story I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Any More, the debut feature from writer and actor Macon Blair. We saw the film out in Park City and loved it, and the distribution on Netflix ensured that a far wider audience was given access to it. They, and Amazon, have stepped firmly into the mid-budget range, picking up independent films which used to be set for the specialist divisions of the big studios. Today Netflix have released a trailer for one of their recent acquisitions – Small Crimes, from director E. L. Katz.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau leads the film alongside Blair, who also co-wrote the adaptation of David Zeltserman’s novel. If you’ve not seen Katz’s 2013 Cheap Thrills you’re in for a real treat, and this looks like a fine follow up. The film follows the spiraling confluence of...
- 3/10/2017
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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