Best Laid Plans (1999 film)

1999 American film

Sean Bailey
Betsy Beers
Alan Greenspan
Chris Moore

Starring

Reese Witherspoon
Alessandro Nivola
Josh Brolin

CinematographyBen SeresinEdited bySloane KlevinMusic byCraig Armstrong

Production
companies

Fox 2000 Pictures
Dogstar Films

Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures

Release date

September 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)

Running time

92 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$7 million^[1]Box office$27,816^[1]

Best Laid Plans is a 1999 American crime drama film directed by Mike Barker and written by Ted Griffin. The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Alessandro Nivola, and Josh Brolin.

Plot

Bryce is a successful man who returns to his tiny hometown for a visit. While there, he runs into his old friend Nick. The two decide to go out for the night. When they enter a bar, Bryce encounters Kathy, a blonde temptress whom he eventually takes home for the night. When he awakens, Kathy informs him that she is underage and threatens to tell the police that Bryce has committed statutory rape. Bryce panics and decides to tie her up and hide her away in the basement. He then makes a call to Nick. Unbeknownst to Bryce, Kathy is actually Nick's girlfriend Lissa. The two had schemed to use Bryce's money to pay off a $15,000 debt they owe small-time hood Jimmy.

Cast

Reese Witherspoon as Lissa/Kathy
Alessandro Nivola as Nick
Josh Brolin as Bryce
Terrence Howard as Jimmy
Jamie Marsh as Barry
Rocky Carroll as Bad Ass Dude
Gene Wolande as Lawyer
Owen Bush as Vagrant
Sean Nepita as Freddie
José Mendoza as Renaldo
Michael G. Hagerty as Charlie
David Mandel as Evangelist
Alec Berg as Phone Guy No. 1
Jeff Schaffer as Phone Guy No. 2

Reception

Best Laid Plans received mixed reviews. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 43% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.^[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 40 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[3]

Awards and nominations

California on Location Awards

1998: Won "Location Professional of the Year - Features" - Diane Friedman^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Best Laid Plans (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "Best Laid Plans". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
^ "Best Laid Plans". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.
^ "1998 COLA Winners". colaawards.com. Retrieved 18 November 2022.