The Grifters
Seduction. Betrayal. Murder. Who’s conning who?
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8/8/1990Runtime
110 minsOverview
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
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EnglishBudget
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$13,446,769Homepage
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A slick, tightly wound con game where trust is a liability and everyone has a play, watching it is like being caught in a web where the angles keep multiplying. The film's real tension lies not in the cons themselves but in the suffocating intimacy between a mother, son, and girlfriend who are all trying to use each other.
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