A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
| Tagline | Thick Thieves. Thin Ice. |
| Release Date: | Nov 23, 2005 |
| Genres: | Crime, Comedy, Drama, Thriller |
| Production Company: | Focus Features, Nordisk Film, Bona Fide Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Casts: | John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt, Mike Starr, Ned Bellamy, T.J. Jagodowski, David Pasquesi, Lara Phillips, Bill Noble |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $16000000 |
| Revenue: | 10156958 |
This is not exactly the best infomercial for living in Kansas 'cause you got strippers, murder, devastating cold -- oh wait, nevermind. It *is* the best infomercial for living in Kansas! John Cusack is a mob lawyer who steals money from his employer along with Billy Bob Thornton and both men discover the true meaning of Christmas, which is that $2 million dollars in 2005 was apparently 'F You' money. I was surprised, nay, SHOCKED to see a real naked woman neon sign -- don't children have to drive by that? The icing on the cake for this movie is its director, Harold Ramis. There is some blue comedy in Ghostbusters, but this pushes the needle way past turquoise and all the way to *midnight*. Thornton is the best part, by a mile, in my opinion. He is equal parts creepy and conniving, and his death is poetically satisfactory. If you read the book first, let me know if it's better, then I'll build a time machine and consume them in the right order.
