Directed by : Ramin Bahrani
Written by : Ramin Bahrani, Amir Naderi, Bahareh Azimi
Starring : Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Noah Lomax,
Release Date : September 25, 2015
It'll be easy to call "99 Homes" a very important movie to watch about modern history, in regards to the American housing crash. This is a story about people's homes going into foreclosure, and the families that get evicted from them. It's a very arresting topic, and Director Ramin Bahrani does a great job in letting the audience experience what an eviction feels like, and those scenes are very heartbreaking to watch.
Michael Shannon does an excellent job as Rick Carver, the real-estate broker that represents the banks when they take a house. Andrew Garfield is fantastic as Dennis Nash, a man who was evicted himself but ends up helping Carver as a lucrative source of income to help support his Mom and Son. Both actors are great in making their characters come to life, with Garfield being particularly strong in this role.
While the movie's theme about how far a person is willing to go, in watching other people suffer for their own personal gain, is indeed very compelling to watch, there are still some conventional plot points that are too predictable and coincidental. The film tries to play around in a moral grey area, but the execution is still very much black & white, and very much good vs bad. It's overall an interesting story, but still very straightforward.
Even though I have some issues with "99 Homes," it's still a captivating and riveting movie. It very much got my attention, and will resonate with me for a long while.
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