Hard Eight

...the movie isn't about a plot. It's about these specific people in this place and time, and that's why it's so good: It listens and sees.

The dialogue is rich but never glib, and the characters, all pictures of loneliness in one way or another, are carefully drawn and developed.

...this morose slice-of-lowlife drama features fine performances by John C. Reilly, the ubiquitous Samuel L. Jackson and an almost unrecognizable Gwyneth Paltrow.