Simpatico

Simpatico

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Release Date

9/15/1999

Runtime

106 mins

Overview

As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$10,000,000

Revenue

$929,606

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A disorienting noir-comedy about old sins and desperate men, where a past scam resurfaces to unravel seemingly respectable lives. It's tonally unstable in a way that feels intentional, simultaneously darkly funny and genuinely uncomfortable.

Mood

BittersweetAbsurdParanoid

Themes

BetrayalObsessionFriendshipMemory

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Nonlinear

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