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A (INDIA)
2014
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3.0
Movie Review Movie Review Good People C Movie Review Good People C C Good People Director Henrik Ruben Genz Runtime 90 minutes Rating R Cast James Fra ..
Av Club
3.1
Its engaging enough while one is watching it, but not distinctive enough to make it special, or, in this case, enthusiastically recommendable.
Rogerebert
2.0
GOOD PEOPLE comes from good stock.Director Henrik Ruben Genz is an Oscar nominee for Best Live Action Short and also made the very good crime film Ter ..
Common Sense Media
2.5
In a film already experiencing some transatlantic identity issues, the helmers imprint of Scandi noir style hardly feels out of place.
Variety
2.0
The answer is obvious, yet this increasingly ramshackle thriller somehow manages to bodge many of its key plot points, leaving the narrative as badly ..
The Guardian
1.9
Some of it is genuinely thrilling, and all of it demonstrates some of the ways that a thriller can overcome actors who dont make great actions stars.
1.5
Adapting Marcus Sakeys novel of the same name, screenwriter Kelly Masterson punches through an utterly inane set up without much aplomb, offering up t ..
Screen Daily
3.1
If it managed to at least be a consistently thrilling ride, none of that would matter, but intermittently good just isnt good enough.
Paste Magazine
2.0
James Franco (him again) and Kate Hudson play Tom and Anna Wright, a struggling American couple money issues, baby making woes living in London after ..
2.0
Ordinary folk finding a stash of cash is a staple of suspense cinema, but the best ones (Shallow Grave, A Simple Plan, No Country for Old Men) work be ..
2.0
Genzs European work has shown that hes a pretty good director, and while this film isnt really dumb, its hardly an outstanding English debut, about th ..
One Guys Opinion
2.5
But a good cast, some solid if gruesome action beats and a short running time mean well stick with it, turning those predictable pages right up to the ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.1
Good People provides the degree of entertainment one expects while sitting on a sofa watching a direct to video effort rather than the higher standard ..
ReelViews
3.0
Its adapted from a novel by Marcus Sakey, but certainly doesnt feel like a story that could fill pages, with anemic characterization holding hands wit ..
Blu Ray
2.0
Nevertheless, there is little inspiration to be found and the end product is serviceable at best.
Radio Times
1.0
Theyre the good people who rub up against some very bad ones when they get hold of some stolen money in Genzs increasingly far fetched and ridiculous ..
Independent
2.0
Despite a seasoned cast that ranges from James Franco to old reliable Tom Wilkinson, this awkward fusion of Shallow Grave and Home Alone never amounts ..
Flim List
2.5
Its all rather simplistic, but well plotted enough to hold interest.
Observer
2.0
But this involving set up soon gives way to tired gangster cliches, culminating in a crude and over the top bloodbath.
Mirror
2.0
What could be a taut drama on the nature of greed along the lines of Shallow Grave is sadly nothing of the sort.
Star Burst Magazine
1.0
Frenchman Omar Sy (The Intouchables) snarls suavely as a nattily appareled baddie (Sy pictured above), and Wilkinson manages to etch in his characters ..
The Arts Desk
2.0
Its barely 80 minutes long, but Genz manages to exhaust every cliche in the thriller genre.
Patriot Ledger
2.0
In its favour, theres a slick appreciation for the locale refreshingly drab environments and convincing interiors.
One Room With A View
2.0
The gorgeously hazy visuals and shabbily chic production design make it hard to tell if Fontaine is always embracing stereotypes to subvert them, or b ..
Scots Man
2.3
Based on Marcus Sakeys 2008 novel, Good Peoplewritten by Kelly Masterson and directed by Henrik Ruben Genzthinks its a lot smarter than it really is.
Under The Radar Mag
2.0
Struggling to get out of debt in London, expat American couple James Franco and Kate Hudson find an illicit 220,000 stash after their dodgy downstairs ..
What So
2.0
Good People grinds to its predictable, pat conclusion and betrays its generally solid performances and respectable artistic pedigree. Sometimes good p ..
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/D ..
3.5
Nuclear family noir faces off against gangster thriller gore in Good People.
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