We watched Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead last night on dvd. I went in knowing nothing at all about it. It was released in 2007, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, and Albert Finney.  The film is about two messed up (adult) brothers who decide to rob their parents’ suburban jewelry store. Bad things happen. The film is suspenseful and fairly well acted and assembled, but left me with the question, why do I want to watch this family self-destruct? I couldn’t find the answer.