BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD

GOOD CAST. GOOD DIRECTOR. INTERESTING STORY.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM SUPPOSE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE TALE.
I JUST CAN'T RELATE TO WHAT I SAW, BEYOND FEELING SYMPATHY FOR THE PLIGHT OF THESE POOR SOULS.
YET, I DON'T FEEL THAT ALL THIS WAS ABOUT GETTING ME TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE CHARACTERS.
I MIGHT BE THROWN OFF BECAUSE THERE WAS NO HERO, MALE OR FEMALE, IN THE STORY. I THINK I WAS LOOKING FOR A HERO TO EMERGE AND THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
I WATCHED THESE PEOPLE AND I WAS PRETTY INVOLVED, BUT NOT AT THE LEVEL YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH A CHARACTER.
I WAS CONCERNED AS A THIRD PARTY ONLOOKER. THE IDEA / CONCEPT OF PATER FAMILIAS - CAME TO MIND AS A THEME FOR THIS FILM, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK TO EXPLAIN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FILM, IT ONLY HELPED WITH THE LAST SECTION AND ALBERT FINNEY'S ROLE.
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Pater familias -The Latin form for "father of the family," which is what pater familias translates as.
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I WATCHED A GOOD FILM, BUT I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY I SHOULD CARE ABOUT WHAT I SAW - IT WAS NOT FUN AND IT WAS NOT EDUCATIONAL.IT WAS MOSTLY ABOUT SADNESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT -- BUT I WAS NOT EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE DEPRESSING EVENTS IN THE STORY AND THERE WAS NOT ONE MOMENT OF JOY IN THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION.
I WOULD ADVISE FOLKS TO SEE THIS AND YET, I COULD NOT, AS I AM DEMONSTRATING HERE, EXPLAIN WHY THEY SHOULD SEE IT - WHAT BENEFIT THEY WILL GET FROM VIEWING IT.
MAYBE, IF LIFE IS TREATING YOU TOO WELL, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THIS FILM AND INCREASE YOUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GOOD FORTUNE; THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY NEVER GOT INTO THE SAME ROOM WITH GOOD LUCK.
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DON'T MISS THE FIRST FOUR MINUTES OF THE FILM AND DON'T TAKE THE KIDS WITH YOU TO THE FIRST FOUR MINUTES OF THE FILM -- THE ACTION IS TRIPLE X AND, WELL, JUST TRIPLE X -- HARDCORE, GRAPHIC --- I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT ANY BETTER WITHOUT REFERRING TO A BIOLOGY TEXTBOOK FOR SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE ACTIVITY.