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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   19,562 votes
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Director:
Danny Boyle
Writer:
John Hodge (written by)
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Release Date:
10 February 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
The award winning thriller that'll bury you with laughs. more
Plot:
Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
14 wins & 1 nomination more
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Well-done approach to classic suspense plot. more (109 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for scenes of strong grisly violence, and for some language and nudity.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK more

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The films French title "Petits meurtres entre amis" translates to "Small Murders Between Friends" in English. more
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Continuity: When Juliet examines the dead body of Hugo, she closes his eyes. Later when they bury the body and David prepares to smash Hugo's teeth, the eyes are wide open. more
Quotes:
David Stephens: You paid 500 pounds for this?
Juliet Miller: That's what it cost, David.
David Stephens: No, no, that's what you paid for it. 500 pounds is what you paid for it. We don't know how much it cost us yet. For you two to have a good time, we don't know the cost of that yet.
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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Well-done approach to classic suspense plot., 8 April 2004
7/10
Author: tommonster3k from New York

Good first feature film from director Danny Boyle and writer John Hodge. A good, solid thriller with a healthy dose of dark humor.

Interesting dynamic among the three principle characters, though their motivations toward each other could have been made more clear.

The age-old plot of ordinary people getting mixed up in an unexpected acquisition of dirty money and finding their worst tendencies coming to light is done with style and clever wit, with a couple of nice twists that I doubt anyone will see coming. (Although, I'm a little hazy on just HOW it ends up that way.)

Boyle is definitely one of the great, stand-out directors of the 90s-and-beyond crowd, in the upper ranks with Tarantino, Fincher, Ritchie, and a few others.

7/10 stars

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