Honest hard work gets you nowhere. And it' true in Dennis Nash's case. Set amidst the backdrop of the 2008 housing market catastrophe, Dennis Nash, a hard-working and honest man, can't save his family home despite his best efforts. Nash is seduced into a risky world of scamming and stealing from the banks and the government; but everything has its price.
16 August 1973, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
10 February 1967, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
5 November 1968, Greenville, Mississippi, USA
17 November 1966, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
7 August 1974, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
September 21, 2016
For all that real estate doesn't seem to be a particularly zippy topic, 99 Homes plays out like a moral thriller, with the stakes constantly ratcheting higher and higher.October 08, 2015
"Inside Job" could almost be an alternative title for this gripping and timely drama, which makes none of the family's choices look easy.October 08, 2015
A gripping dramatic thriller about the winners and losers in America's game of mortgage roulette.October 08, 2015
A simplistic but stirring morality play centered on the pressure point of the savings-and-loan crisis.October 08, 2015
This is a film of palpable anger, a finger on the pulse of modern America crafted by a team of rare ability to awaken outrage.April 13, 2016
99 Homes is very good at showing that the housing crisis is not a problem that belongs to one person.April 08, 2016
How entertaining could a heavy-handed drama about the 2010 U.S. foreclosure crisis - one with a comically bad climax - possibly be? Pretty entertaining, it turns out.May 03, 2016
Dynamic and passionate, thrumming with barely suppressed anger, this sleek American indie has the brains of a documentary, the soul of a moral fable and the beating pulse of a thriller.June 12, 2016
99 Homes is worth seeing, especially for the urgent, raw work by both the actors and Bahrani, and for what it says about the American economy.March 20, 2016
Sustained rhythm, urgent framing, and a perniciously overbearing score ensure this second venture into the darkness of a systemic failure will not be forgotten so quickly.October 08, 2015
[Garfield] the protege is the film's first weak point: his avowed decency - he loves his simple mom and moppety son! - is a flimsy thing, and its quick collapse leaves our hero both pathetic and despicable.October 08, 2015
Bahrani's film asks a timely, yet timeless, question: How far would you go to save your home? Would you be wiling to lose yourself in the bargain?