The Grifters Comments

  • Mona 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Benin is not beautiful inside BUGSY. . . . . Then Cusack is so handsome and JB is handsome. . . The movie is not as attractive as the title. . . . . . Pretty boring to be honest. ....

  • Laila 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Aunt Benin has a dew...

  • Else 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Annette Bening Nude Show...

  • Annette 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Cusack children's shoes were pink and tender back...

  • Jamarcus 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Kind of like a Hitchcock suspense drama. nostalgic. Cusack...

  • Isidro 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Anjelica Huston's performance is a big...

  • Westley 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Freys is really good at handling complex relationships. Just like the previous Dangerous Liasions, the script is very skillful, a few lines are messy but not chaotic. The photography is stylized and the acting is surprisingly good. But it would have been nice if the subject of mother-child incest had gone a little further, and the other flashbacks were too...

  • Kennedy 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Neo noir, lighting controls....

  • Vita 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    What I thought was a hoax movie turned out to be an out-and-out American noir-style...

  • Edwin 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Stephen Frears is really famous, but it is not...

Extended Reading

The Grifters quotes

  • Lilly Dillon: You're working some angle, and don't tell me you're not because I wrote the book!

    Roy Dillon: What about you? You still handling playback money for the mob?

    Lilly Dillon: THAT's me. That's who I am. You were never cut out for the rackets, Roy.

    Roy Dillon: How come?

    Lilly Dillon: You aren't tough enough.

    Roy Dillon: Not as tough as you, huh?

    Lilly Dillon: Get off the grift, Roy.

    Roy Dillon: Why?

    Lilly Dillon: You haven't got the stomach for it.

  • Lilly Dillon: I was hoping we could play it straight with one another.

    Roy Dillon: I guess not.

    Lilly Dillon: I guess you won't be getting a straight job, either.

    Roy Dillon: Not this week.

    Lilly Dillon: Not ever.

    Roy Dillon: It's up to me. I'm strictly short con. It's nothing but small time stuff. I can walk away from it anytime I want.

    Lilly Dillon: Where have I heard that before?

    Roy Dillon: Yeah, but I'm in control.

    Lilly Dillon: Sure. You're only 25 years old, already you can lay down four grand without even turning a hair. Grift's like anything else, Roy. You don't stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later.

    Roy Dillon: Well, I'll let it be a surprise, then.

The Grifters

Director: Stephen Frears

Language: English Release date: January 25, 1991

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