CRIMINAL (2004)

Ever feel like you're being played?

John C. Reilly, Diego Luna and Maggie Gyllenhaal star in a contemporary caper movie set in Los Angeles. It's the story of an extremely odd couple: a young Latino man who will do anything for his family (Luna) and a 30-something scheming white guy who will do anything to his family (Reilly). One wants to save his father. The other wants to get rich, in any way possible. So when they come across one of the most valuable pieces of currency in U.S. history, they're suddenly stuck together, and that's just...criminal. All they have to do is sell it, which is where the real problems begin. And of course the only way out is family: the one person who can help them, hates them: the schemer's sister (Gyllenhaal).

Directed by: Gregory Jacobs
Written by: Gregory Jacobs, Sam Lowry
Starring: John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhall
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures / Section 8 Productions
Based on: Argentine film, "Nine Queens" (2000) by Fabian Bielinsky
Released: September 10th, 2004 (USA) / February 18th 2005 (UK)
Running Time: 87 minutes
Rated: R for language
Trailer: View here
Filming: Filmed on location in LA. Filming started June 17th 2003
Buy: DVD Region 1 (US/Canada) to be released on April 12th 2005

• Maggie's Reviews:

"It doesn't have the big budget gloss of Ocean's Twelve but it does have that great John C Reilly performance and good supporting turns by Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Mullan. That's better value for money than watching a bunch of smug, A-list stars preening themselves." -- DVD Times

• Maggie Says:

"What interested me about her is that she seemed to be somewhere on the page, a classic girl in the con movie, femme fatale which is appealing to me. I'm interested in that. There's something attractive about that for me, but I think it's something that she's performing with an intention and I don't think that she's necessarily performing it very well. And I liked that idea. Someone who's trying to perform herself and not only succeeding.... I definitely felt that when I was playing her. I didn't know where to put my hands and here I was in this suit and there were times when I felt I was totally pulling it off and times I felt like what am I doing - it's not me. And I think that's what Valerie is going through." -- From Dark Horizons

"I have a problem with even the word remake - I had to dissociate myself from the fact we were remaking anything." -- From BBC Films

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