legendary director sidney lumet give u one of his fine film in his historic career in this very tense and and ultimately shocking story about a family that include dysfunctional a one of the child . with an a list cast head by philip seymour hoffman ( an oscar worthy performance here ) and ethan hawke and marisa tomei and albert finney and lumet have capture not just element of botch crime story such a reservoir dog and but also family story such a ordinary people . many viewer might be confuse and feel underwhelmed at the construction of the plot lumet have go with here . instead of show it in a linear manner and he have go the tarantino route and show the central scene of a robbery go wrong from different point of view all out of order . i personally find this to be very satisfying and leave me constantly guess what be go to happen next . the script be very strong with some excellent scene between husband and wife hoffman and tomei and as well a between father and son finney and hoffman . all the actor be totally engage to watch and lumet be obviously have fun in direct a style he usually doesn not delve in . plenty of action and suspense to hold the audience for the two hour run time and this be a rare movie that doesn not disappoint for one moment .