99 Homes

Parental Rating: R

Contains: Language    Violence    Adult Content    

Jill's Review

Opens October 9, 2015

Runs 112 minutes

Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield) is a construction worker. During the recession in Florida he finds it harder and harder to find steady work and eventually he misses a few house payments. When Rick Carver (Michael Shannon) shows up to evict him, his Mother (Laura Dern) and his young son, Dennis is angry and embarrassed. With nowhere else to go, the family is forced to move into a seedy motel with many other people in the same situation. All Dennis wants is to get the family home back. When he is offered the opportunity to work for Rick, the same man that threw him out of his house, he agrees just until he can make enough money to get his house back. He is sucked into the shady foreclosure business with Rick, where only scamming and stealing and fast money is importantt - who cares about all of the people that are being forced from their homes, some actually illegally. Rick is getting rich and Dennis is starting to like the feeling of having money and power. But, gradually this begins to wear on Dennis and soon he can no longer face himself and what he has become. Will he be able to get out before it is too late?

This is a pretty intense movie. It paints a pretty dire picture of all of the people that were affected by the real estate/foreclosure crisis. A lot of these people did get into these bad situations themselves and were unable to pay, but this also shows the predatory people that were praying on them with no conscience whatsoever, even reverting to lies and coverups to get them out of their homes. The movie builds almost like a thriller as the tension thickens and powers that be hunger for more and more at the expense of those who have little or nothing. Michael Shannon is superb as the shady real estate broker who has perfected enriching himself as he kicks people out of their homes. And Andrew Garfield is great as the regular guy who gets sucked in by money and power. You can read the guilt on his face. Overall, a pretty good movie. Definitely worth seeing.

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