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This is one of the most brutally honest films I have seen in a very long time, and definitely in all of 2015. This is a very independent film that I think deserves a much broader audience. Andrew Garfield and especially Michael Shannon shine in their roles, bringing the necessary dramatic heft to the story that was needed.
99 Homes follows Dennis Nash, a construction worker, who takes up a job working for Rick Carver, a ruthless real estate broker, who evicted Nash and his family from his home in the first place. Director Ramin Bahrami calls his new movie, 99 HOMES, an "emotional thriller." The film focuses on the relationship between a young single father and the shady real estate broker who evicts him from his home. And it's an intense, powerful, very well acted drama that never lets up for a minute. Almost as soon as he begins working for Rick, Dennis tells Rick to keep the checks Rick offers as payment, so that he can buy back the house from which he was evicted. Rick warns him not to get sentimental about real estate and tells him to keep his money for now, since it is not enough to buy the house back. However, they make a deal with Rick to buy back his family's old house, but the legal process prevents them from moving in immediately.
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What made Wall Street such a great movie is that Bud actually believed in what he was doing for a while, was having fun at it, before he was disillusioned. This guy Dennis, he's never in it for a moment, always showing torment and anguish and guilt on his face . I bet this will be viewed as a powerful, emotionally packed film for anyone who doesn't know the first thing about real estate or construction; but for anyone in the know--it's pure nonsense. Dennis Nash is an unemployed construction worker who gets evicted along with his family from his home by businessman and con-man Rick Carver . As a way of getting his childhood home back, Dennis joins Rick's business team not knowing what lies ahead for him.
He's capable of handling any task it seems, but this his only option, I think not. The dialogue's weak and there just isn't enough rage encapsulated for the situation. Michael Shannon though, plays the sleazeball as good as anyone. 99 Homes is a film that the main topic is eviction and really this should have been dull ride. How this film is able make this topic interesting and thought-provoking is very impressive. 99 Homes is so off the map on this topic but in a good way.
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It gives us insight into the repercussions of the 2008 financial crisis, and is arguably one of the best films centered around it. Michael Shannon is both ruthless and strangely tender in his seemingly irredeemable character. Carver explains his background to Dennis, his humble roots, his roofer father, his jobs in construction. Up until the crash, his job was putting people into homes. It's not his fault that his job has now become throwing people out. Any hard economic time will create a man like Rick Carver, determined to make more money off the slump than the boom.
The movie starts out well, and the first eviction scene will leave you shaking in your boots imagining your family and belongings getting foreclosed and tossed into the street. I can't think of another film that focuses on the eviction process so intensely. It's a far better inquiry into the same ground covered by another big release from the same year, the glib "The Big Short," which copped much more attention but is a much less impressive movie.
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Carver denies it happened but offers him a job when an emergency call comes in about a house with a septic problem. Andrew Garfield dances with the devil in this gripping American real estate drama. He’s a construction worker and single father who loses his home after failing to keep up repayments. When the shark who bought his home offers him work, he can’t afford to refuse. His role as the corrupt Rick Carver is fascinating to watch and Shannon does a brilliant job playing this character. I've been following Andrew Garfield for a long time now and it amazes me the variety of roles he takes on.
The top-notch acting from Shannon and Garfield help drive a simple story into being something bigger.99 Homes is not the most pleasant watch, but a film people should see to understand why the system is so broken. The story feels dated, and although it only just arrived in theaters it seems to have been delayed from coming out. The events in the story take place in 2010 and this may have been a more discussed, raw film closer to the peak of the housing crash.
By now, it is widely accepted that one of the reasons for the 2008 U.S. economic recession was predatory lending practices by banks. One of the ugliest results of this was people getting turned out of their homes, often with no warning and sometimes when the house in question was the only one the residents had ever known. Bahrani is able to get great performances from these actors and directs some emotionally upsetting scenes with skill. It began to get predictable and the ending was a bit of a letdown but 99 Homes is an interesting insight into the corruption of this field of work and how people profit off it. In summary, director Bahrani and co-writer Amir Naderi, and led by the performances of Shannon and Garfield, have given us another very strong drama, difficult to watch at times, but, in my opinion, definitely worth staying with.
The filmmaker, whose adamant cinematic attitude is almost non-apologetic on-screen, choosing to highlight a truly sad time in American history. Bahrani’s protagonist is Dennis Nash, played wonderfully by Andrew Garfield. Holding his own against a larger than life acting force that is Shannon, Garfield’s Nash allows himself to feed off Carver’s greed and sinisterly convincing monologues with scenes of heart-wrenching grit and sensitivity. Would a person as canny as Carver really take on someone as essentially decent as Dennis seems to be? The filmmakers want to make the point that Carver believes money is the ultimate motivator for everyone, but as a longtime manipulator, he has to know that different people have different keys. For some reason, even after working for Rick for quite a while and making a ton of money, Dennis is still living in the sleaze bag motel where it seems all of Rick's victims end up .
Both known primarily for the comic book roles respectively, but they have both down some tremendous indie work as well. The film does a good job of using both of their strengths and playing off each other to create a very intelligent screenplay. Shannon is perfect for this role, but in some ways he's also not.
He's great at playing antagonistic characters but in this case its almost impossible to have any sympathy for his character. The film never bored me, in fact I was engaged throughout the story, but I think at times it just became too unrealistic. Dennis Nash lives in Orlando, Florida with his mother Lynn and son Connor. He's a single dad struggling to get by with his construction job when the housing crash takes the last bit away from him.
In arguably my favourite film of 2015, the central story of "99 Homes" follows Dennis Nash , his mother Lynn Nash , and his son Conner Nash. They are evicted from their home by Rick Carver of Carver Realty and they must move all of their belongings to a motel while they sort out their issues. Once Rick sees Dennis as more than an everyday man, he recruits him. Illegally legally doing their job, they scam the system to make more money than they should be on home foreclosures and side effects begin to ensue.
As most kids after high school, I didn't have a plan for myself and college was my only option. I was lucky enough to get a good job at a grocery store that will be able to support me though college. Even though I had my differences with my hometown, growing up in one of the richest towns in Michigan had it's perks also. It's so hard and heartbreaking to watch Dennis not have money or a name to himself.
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