William Reid There's no better experience for me then discovering a film with no expectation or background and being blown away. Stunning knock out performances by the leads in this movie puts this on my short list of "best movies nobody's heard of". If you've ever wondered what all the fuss is about Andrew Garfield this film answers the question. And Shannon delivers another brilliantly seductive and intense performance that is solidifying his place as Hollywood's next generation of great actors. Convincing, complex and initially low key, '99 Homes' is about real people and events which often means heavy doses of irony and over moralizing. However, the slower pacing and deliberate and nuanced development in the characters avoids the usual tropes and makes for a sharp, thoughtful and fulfilling exploration of human nature.

claudio53 To really understand what US free economy is capable of! Like a punch in the stomach especially for Europeans! We mostly have a false (PINK) image of American society! I Think Europeans ( I as for one) are lucky to be born on this side of the Ocean! Unluckily (commercial) distribution was strict to show it in European Theatres. Thanks to TV, on demand or DVD people SHOULD watch it at any cost! Direction and actors were FANTASTIC!!! A "pleasant" punch in the belly to confront ourselves with Modern Society!

Joel It's safe to say that I am a fan of Andrew Garfield's work, so when I saw this video available on Amazon, I took the time and liberty to watch it. For the most part, I enjoyed what I saw. Although "Dennis" becomes the person evicting people out of their homes, there is always a backstory as to how it got to be that way. I'm sure some of the homeowners got the short end of the stick, but I also believe that some of them had it coming. What I didn't understand was why Dennis was afraid of people knowing he evicted others like him. He was already living amongst them--wouldn't't they understand? He's just trying to make it like the rest. This movie felt very "American" to me, for lack of a better term--a guy trying to provide for his family. I didn't like the ending. I think he should have turned the paper in; I don't understand why he felt so strongly for this man and his family. I get that he can relate because he has his own son, but he's giving up hope for his own family by doing so. Would have liked to have seen a story with a different, less typical outcome.

CineMuseFilms The Global Financial Crisis inspired several chaos of capitalism movies each with a different spin on the same story. For example, Money Monster (2016) is a hostage thriller, The Big Short (2016) a comedy drama, and Inside Job (2010) a documentary. All try to make sense of financial fiasco but a standout amongst them is 99 Homes (2015). It is a tense hyper-realistic drama that literally barges inside the safe space of people's homes, tosses them into streets, and points the finger at the moguls of real estate.The opening scene graphically portrays the brutality of poverty when a mortgage defaulters' blood-splattered body is quickly removed and the family thrown out so that a soul-less real estate agent can claim the property. The agent Rick Carver (Michael Shannon) is accompanied by local police for evictions and repossessions and they call him "Boss". Unemployed builder Dennis Nash (Andrew Garfield) is next to go and when he seeks a stay of eviction the local court sides with Carver. Nash shows guts and Carver offers him work in his thriving repossessions business that buys defaulted homes at rock-bottom prices. It turns out that Nash is good at it and there are several dramatic evictions in which angry mortgage defaulters are given a few minutes to grab their personal belongings before Carver's men legally empty the homes and force traumatised families onto what was their own footpath. Nash starts making real money from doing Carver's dirty work which includes fraud, theft, and the forging of documents to secure eviction orders. This is the ugly side of capitalism and Nash sinks deeper and deeper into a world of human misery. The stakes are raised when Carver is offered a multimillion dollar real estate deal that forces Nash to choose between the devil's wealth or moral redemption.This is a modern take on the Faustian dilemma of an ordinary man selling his soul, not for greed or greatness but to support his mother and kid. The acting performances are strong and the filming powerful, especially the close up hand-held camera scenes of evictions full of screaming palpable anger against real estate vultures. At almost two hours, it could have benefited from more time in the editing suite but overall the pace and tension are tight. It is an unsettling film but one that stays on message about the greed that preys on homes.