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Classic Lumet. An invigorating, refreshing and unusual thing to see one done so expertly. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead blu-ray If God is in the obvious details, Devil is in the ones you might tragically overlook. There’s a sense of the filmmaker himself trying to decide just what to make of this spectacle he’s staged, what stance to take. At a time when family movies are usurped by fantasies of sentimental feelgood, Lumets latest — the mangled-heist melodrama Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead — delivers a swift kick straight to the jewels.

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