Best Laid Plans
Keeping a relationship alive can be murder
1999 | 92m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Mike Barker |
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| Writer: | Ted Griffin |
| Staring: |
| Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really who she seems. What unfolds next is a dangerous, tangled web of double-crosses and seduction. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 09, 1999 |
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| Director: | Mike Barker |
| Writer: | Ted Griffin |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures, Dogstar Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $7,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Alessandro Nivola | Nick |
| Reese Witherspoon | Lissa |
| Josh Brolin | Bryce |
| Gene Wolande | Lawyer |
| Jonathan McMurtry | Vet |
| Terrance Sweeney | Priest |
| Rebecca Klingler | Diner Waitress |
| Rocky Carroll | Bad Ass Dude |
| Kate Hendrickson | Bar Waitress |
| Owen Bush | Vagrant |
| Jesse Woodrow | Roach Coach Clerk |
| Jamie Marsh | Barry |
| Michael McCleery | Recycling Owner |
| Terrence Howard | Jimmy |
| Sean Nepita | Freddie |
| Jody Wood | Brushfire Cop |
| Teddy Vincent | Lawyer Secretary |
| Mike Hagerty | Charlie the Proprietor |
| Jane Morris | Realtor |
| David Mandel | Evangelist |
| Alec Berg | Phone Guy No. 1 |
| Jeff Schaffer | Phone Guy No. 2 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ted Griffin | Writer |
| Emily Schweber | Casting Associate |
| Gina-Raye Carter | Stunt Double |
| Ben Seresin | Director of Photography |
| Paul N. Martin | First Assistant Director |
| Nicki Roberts | Set Decoration |
| Mark Strasburg | First Assistant Camera |
| Kevin Hyde | Boom Operator |
| Steve Ruffing | Dolly Grip |
| Clayton Fowler | Rigging Grip |
| Sloane U'Ren | Set Designer |
| Jacqueline R. Clay | Script Supervisor |
| Diane Friedman | Location Manager |
| Harvey Malkin | Production Accountant |
| Gary D'Amico | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Jeff Miller | Special Effects Assistant |
| Glen Magers | Electrician |
| Sloane Klevin | Editor |
| Dwayne Shattuck | Unit Production Manager |
| John Zachary | Art Direction |
| Nathaniel Goodman | Camera Operator |
| Reinhard Stergar | Sound Mixer |
| Sean Patrick Crowell | Key Grip |
| Brenda Blatt | Key Hair Stylist |
| David Sandefur | Assistant Art Director |
| Gay Perello | Property Master |
| Sherilyn Stetz | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Christopher Kahn | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Sarah Yang | Production Secretary |
| Guy J. Graves | Transportation Captain |
| Jay Bartus | Special Effects |
| Gregory W. Smith | Steadicam Operator |
| Sophie Becher | Production Design |
| L. David Silva | Second Assistant Director |
| Basil Grillo | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Michelle Crenshaw | First Assistant Camera |
| Lonnie S. Gatlin | Gaffer |
| Brad Wilder | Key Makeup Artist |
| Spike Silver | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jim Sheldon | Still Photographer |
| John Koth | Best Boy Grip |
| Linda Warrilow | Production Coordinator |
| Susan J. Bonno-Buckner | Post Production Accountant |
| Matthew Ballard | Transportation Coordinator |
| Philip Bartko | Special Effects |
| Ann Shea | Art Department Coordinator |
| Mali Finn | Casting |
| Susan Matheson | Costume Design |
| Mike Barker | Director |
| Craig Armstrong | Original Music Composer |
| Simon Giles | Title Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sean Bailey | Producer |
| Betsy Beers | Producer |
| Chris Moore | Producer |
| Mike Newell | Executive Producer |
| Alan Greenspan | Producer |
| Nancy Paloian | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 7 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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"Nick" (Alessandro Nivola) reckons he is going to inherit a decent sized chunk from his late father, but when he discovers that there is nothing left he needs cash. Coaxed into being a getaway driver in a robbery that will net him $10,000 he is soon apprehended by the no-nonsense victim who demands ... $15,000 back - or else! He and his girlfriend "Lissa" (Reese Witherspoon) now concoct a rather elaborate plan to extort the money from his wealthy, nice-but-dim friend "Bryce" (Josh Brolin) by framing him for rape. The plot has plenty of twists and turns, but neither the acting nor the really quite banal dialogue sustain much of a sense of either menace or interest. Nivola hasn't the skill as an actor to engage us in this faintly ridiculous wheeze, and Witherspoon offers little either as we head to an especially dumb denouement. It's not just the robbery that is botched...