A Simple Plan

1998 • 121 minutes
4.3
129 reviews
90%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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In a gym bag. That's how three men (Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Brent Briscoe) size up what they've found in the snowy Minnesota woods. They've come across a downed plane with a rotting corpse inside...and over $4 million stuffed inside a duffel bag. Finders, keepers? Maybe. But first they'll need a foolproof plan. So they and the wife (Bridget Fonda) of one of the men start out with a scheme that's perfect in its simplicity...and lethal in its miscalculation of the human heart.
Rating
R

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4.3
129 reviews
Christopher C (Chris)
April 17, 2018
While this movie gets filed under "the book is better", this isn't bad. Bill Paxton (dearly missed) shines in the lead role as the upstanding small town guy facing challenges to his predicament.
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Sue Shea
August 10, 2021
Great movie! in my law and ethics class, taught my the asst atty general art the time, he made us watch this in class and write a paper on which character we connected with and what we would do in the situation. I think I may need TY rewatch the movie to see if my answer has changed. ;) That was back in 2002-03. so I'm sure a lot has changed for me since then with life experiences.
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Reinoud van Laar
November 1, 2020
Im sure its a great film, but I cant watch it if the button's ghosted, can I? no user cues or anything... can you only watch in the US? who knows?
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