A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan (1998) – This sort of slow-building, gradually escalating look at human nature, greed, and rationalization has been done before, but this is an engrossing, suspenseful film with well-developed characters and great performances (especially Thornton) that put it above others of its ilk; it can get a bit implausible at times, but even so, this is easily one of Raimi’s most restrained films. 7