Best Laid Plans
Year: 1999
Studio: Fox 2000 Pictures, Dogstar Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Mike Barker
Cast: Alessandro Nivola, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Gene Wolande, Jonathan McMurtry, Terrance Sweeney
Crew: Ted Griffin (Writer), Mike Barker (Director), John Zachary (Art Direction), Steve Ruffing (Dolly Grip), Brad Wilder (Key Makeup Artist), Brenda Blatt (Key Hair Stylist)
Runtime: 92 minutes
Release: Apr 09, 1999
IMDb: 5.70/10 by 127 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Español
Budget: 7,000,000
Revenue: 0

"Nick" (Alessandro Nivola) reckons he is going to inherit a decent sized chunk from his late father, but when he discovers that there is nothing left he needs cash. Coaxed into being a getaway driver in a robbery that will net him $10,000 he is soon apprehended by the no-nonsense victim who demands $15,000 back - or else! He and his girlfriend "Lissa" (Reese Witherspoon) now concoct a rather elaborate plan to extort the money from his wealthy, nice-but-dim friend "Bryce" (Josh Brolin) by framing him for rape. The plot has plenty of twists and turns, but neither the acting nor the really quite banal dialogue sustain much of a sense of either menace or interest. Nivola hasn't the skill as an actor to engage us in this faintly ridiculous wheeze, and Witherspoon offers little either as we head to an especially dumb denouement. It's not just the robbery that is botched...