History Film / BeforeTheDevilKnowsYoureDead

-->--'''Irish proverb'''

* {{Bishonen}}: Andy's drug dealer, a 20-something man who dresses and wears his hair in an effeminate style, insinuating that he's gay.

* AlliterativeName: "Hank Hanson".

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:[[LoveTriangle Gina cheats on Andy with Hank]]]].

''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' is a 2007 CrimeDrama directed by Creator/SidneyLumet in his last film, starring Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman, Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/MarisaTomei, Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/RosemaryHarris, and Amy Ryan, scored by Music/CarterBurwell.

* DeadbeatDad: ''Hank'', jeez. He's three months behind in child support and fails at his promise to pay for a special school outing his daughter wants to go on, resulting in her being humiliated in front of her classmates. Sadly, unlike most examples, he actually loves his daughter, he's just incapable of providing for her.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Andy and Gina. Strangely, ''she's'' the insecure one in need of his assurance that he loves her. And with good reason, as he's so pre-occupied with his problems that he's completely oblivious to how unhappy she is[[spoiler:, and that she's having an affair with Hank]].

* AnachronicOrder: The film portrays its chronological events in order of sequential, unraveling [[TheReveal reveals]] after the bank robbery.

->''"May you be in heaven a full half-hour [[TitleDrop before the devil knows you're dead]]"''

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Andy's plan [[spoiler:to rob his parent's jewellery store, trusting them to collect insurance afterwards so, essentially they lose nothing]] falters[[spoiler: because, firstly, he doesn't consider the possibility of Hank (the one he tasks to perform the crime) requesting help from a fourth party; secondly, he doesn't expect Hank to involve a gun (neither does Hank - it's introduced by the fourth party); and, thirdly, he doesn't anticipate his mother to retaliate]].

* SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler: Andy dies this way at [[OffingTheOffspring Charles']] hands.

* {{Tragedy}}: [[spoiler:With Andy as the [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] and Hank as the [[{{Deuteragonist}} deuteragonist]], their tragedies unfold accordingly: Andy - who plotted and instigated the robbery and coerced Hank - is murdered for the [[{{Patricide}} death of Nanette]] by [[OffingTheOffspring Charles]], while Hank - who, while attempting to cope with his guilt, [[DefiedTrope contemplates]] [[DrivenToSuicide over-dosing]] - escapes the final crime scene with most of the money to an unknown future.]]

''Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'' is a 2007 CrimeDrama directed by Creator/SidneyLumet in his last film, starring Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman, Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/MarisaTomei, Creator/AlbertFinney, Creator/RosemaryHarris, and Creator/AmyRyan, scored by Music/CarterBurwell.

* ASimplePlan: Robbing your parent's store, attended by a harmless elderly woman. A victimless crime because insurance will fully compensate their parents for the stolen items.

%%* {{Tragedy}}:

* TragicMistake: In the overall scheme of things, the robbery, and within that, bringing in Bobby Lasorda to do the actual robbery.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Andy and Gina. Strangely, ''she's'' the insecure one in need of his assurance that he loves her. And with good reason, as he's so pre-occupied with his problems that he's completely oblivious to how unhappy she is[[spoiler:, and that she's having an affair with his brother]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Andy has an epic one by the end.
* VillainProtagonist: Andy and Hank, the former more than the latter.
* VorpalPillow / SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler: How Andy dies.]]