A Simple Plan (1998)

	Directed by: Sam Raimi	COUNTRY USA GENRE Crime/Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE En enkel plan RUNNING TIME 121 minutes
	Produced by: James Jacks Adam Schroeder
	Written by: Scott B. Smith

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Hank Mitchell	Bill Paxton
Jacob Mitchell	Billy Bob Thornton
Sarah Mitchell	Bridget Fonda
Lou Chambers	Brent Briscoe	½
Neil Baxter	Gary Cole

Review

This classically built-up 90s thriller is just short of believable, just short of ingenious – with its black humour, overblown characters and heavy plotting. When the drama and interplay between Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton really gets going, however, it draws you in like the best of its kind and the potential shines through. If only director Sam Raimi could have kept the tone a little less over-the-top, the effect could have been scintillating.