Shallow plot
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — 99 Homes
targa9 — 10 years ago(February 17, 2016 04:54 PM)
What a disappointment! The cold-blooded bank guy evicts a man, then hires him as his protege in crime??
WHY?? This is never explained. I thought Nash was going to work for him and then undermine him somehow, but that never happens either. I even hoped that Carver did not recognize Nash, but nopeCarver knew exactly who he was, and hired him anyway? What??
Nash then goes to work all day shoveling s*** and comes home and his home his boy hugs him and does not smell that s***? The writers slept through that one.
Then Nash happens to be foreclosing on this guy who saw HIM at court? Too much of a coincidence = lazy writing.
The mom up and leaves with the kid because she doesn't feel right about staying in the new place, out of moral principle? Back to the motel where the kid can get bullied? She was the one who was worried most about getting out of that motel. Inconsistent.
And what sort of ENDING was that?? What a cop-out!
I liked the pacing and characters and acting in this movie. But the plot lacks credibility. Carver is supposed to be super-smart, so why does he hire someone whom he knows wants to probably kill him? But Nash agrees to work for him, but goes farther than a handymaninstead he turns FULL CRIMINAL for CarverWhat?? I thought he was a good man until that. Then there are the coincidences, and lost opportunities. For example, the stolen tools he blamed on one of Carver's workers, but we see him put it back. But no mention is made of how the tools could have been stolen by the MOTEL residentswere they not too friendly? The film ignored that, instead coincidentally made them all friendly evictees staying at the SAME CRAPPY MOTEL??
Finally, we the viewer are led to believe that foreclosures happen overnight, and that all the homeowners are not deadbeats, but good people. I admit that the old man being evicted was sad, and the gay tenant, too. But this is never really explored. Everyone acts surprised they are being evicted for not paying their mortgage for months on end, and we are supposed to feel sorry for them? I am almost 50 and never owned property, so I guess I was left cold by all those indignant "owners" who couldn't pay their loans.
And what ABOUT that first scene where Nash tells the judge that 2 banks told him 2 different things? File that appeal. Get the house back. Nah, let's work for the devil instead.
I thought this was actually going to be a thrillerwhere Nash finds a way to truly ruin Carver from the inside out, ending perhaps in his death! But the film ends abruptly with NO RESOLUTIONand Carver even THANKS Nash for confessing about forging the keys-for-cash slips?
BALONEY! -
henrimaine — 10 years ago(February 22, 2016 05:59 PM)
I thought Nash was going to work for him and then undermine him somehow
I'm glad the movie didn't take that road. Nash cold-bloodedly masterminding some clever revenge would have been less realistic and less interesting, compared to what actually happened in the movie - Nash doing everything in his power to get their home back and finally cracking under the pressure of his job.