An admired high school hockey player with a bright future foolishly takes a drive in the night with his girlfriend and two other friends. He doesn’t have his headlights on and devastating results ensue. The former athlete is left with a brain injury. It prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who helps him. Unfortunately, with his mental incapacitation, he is unable to find meaningful work.
He does find work as a night cleaning man in a bank. He comes under the scrutiny of a gang planning to rob the bank. The leader makes friends with him and gets him involved with a young woman who further ensnares him. After they get close then there is reeling him in because of his mind not working. The bank plan begins to unfold. He is confused but he wants to escape his current existence. He initially goes along with the scheme. After finally realizing he is being used, he attempts to stop the robbery. Of course everything immediately goes bad!! 5* (I liked this movie)
99 min, crime directed and written by Scott Frank with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Mathew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill, Alberta Watson, Alex Borstein, Sergio Di Zio, David Huband, Laura Vandervoort, Greg Dunham, Morgan Kelly, Aaron Berg, Tinsel Korey, Suzanne Kelly Brian Edward Roach, Martin Roach.
Note: Imdb 7 out of 10 with 58K reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 87% with 169 critic reviews 74% with 50,000+ audience scores, Metacritic 73 with 33 critic reviews, 8.7 with 163 user scores.
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