The Details (2011)

When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.

Director:

Jacob Aaron Estes

Writer:

Jacob Aaron Estes

Stars:

Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Ray Liotta

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tobey Maguire	...	Jeff Lang
Gary Schwartz	...	Plans Inspector
José Gandara	...	José
Elizabeth Banks	...	Nealy Lang
Miles Ellenwood	...	Miles
Kerry Washington	...	Rebecca Mazzoni
Ray Liotta	...	Peter Mazzoni
Rose Cano	...	Alma
Laura Linney	...	Lila
Traci L. Crouch	...	Pregnant Traci (as Traci Crouch)
Dennis Haysbert	...	Lincoln
Cathy Vu	...	Fantasy Fruit Girl
Gretchen Liebrum	...	Great Internet Boobs
Marlette Buchanan	...	Angela
James Kruk	...	Wine and Cheese Man

Storyline

When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.

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Plot Keywords:

raccoon | murder | written by director | masturbation | kidney transplant | 

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Taglines:

Doing the right thing has never gone so wrong.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content, some drug use and brief violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Detailid

Filming Locations:

Kirkland, Washington, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$18,528 (USA) (2 November 2012)

Gross:

$63,595 (USA) (9 November 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

LD Entertainment, Mark Gordon Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

James McAvoy was originally cast as Jeff, but dropped out due scheduling conflicts and Tobey Maguire replaced him.

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Quotes

Jeff Lang: Remember when we were 22? We used to F.U.C.K like three times a day.

User Reviews

Painfully Funny...

Like the best film noir, "The Details" forces us to recognize and engage with our darker natures, the often cruel vagaries of fate, and the fact that happy endings are often neither happy, nor endings. It is also incredibly funny. Tobey Maguire is excellent as a philandering Doctor named Jeff Lange, led inexorably down a path of mayhem and bad behavior in his efforts to conceal his impropriety from his sexually aloof wife, played by an equally excellent Elizabeth Banks. The rest of the cast is also quite strong, particularly Dennis Haysbert, whose turn as Jeff's wizened friend/charity case, and seeming moral conscience, is played to brilliant effect. (The "seeming" is very important here, as writer-director Jacob Estes offers a surprising turn in Haysbert's character, that consists of a brilliant excoriation of the tired Hollywood character trope which Spike Lee terms "The Magical Negro.")

With large performances (including Laura Linney as a Blowsy seductress!), bold visuals, and masterfully satirical sound design, "The Details" is stupendously entertaining, a Brechtian meditation on questions moral, social and existential. Estes' film is by turns hilarious and horrifying, often in the same moment. Not to be missed!!!