Greedy People (film)
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Greedy People is a 2024 American crime comedy film directed by Potsy Ponciroli and written by Michael Vukadinovich. The film stars Himesh Patel, Lily James and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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| Directed by | Potsy Ponciroli |
| Written by | Michael Vukadinovich |
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| Cinematography | Eric Koretz |
| Edited by | Jamie Kirkpatrick |
| Music by | Jordan Lehning |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 112 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $156,812 |
The film was theatrically released in the United States on August 23, 2024.
Plot
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The film follows the misadventures of a rookie cop, Will, who is partnered with an unhinged and morally questionable local officer, Terry, in the small Southern seaside town of Providence. While showing the rookie around on his first day, Terry eventually leaves Will alone in the cruiser to have sex with the wife of a local businessman. While Terry's inside, Will gets a call from dispatch which he mistakes for a request to investigate a burglary. After trying unsuccessfully to summon Terry, he decides to handle the job alone. Upon arriving at the address given by dispatch he finds the door ajar, and when he enters he mistakenly fires at the occupant. She retaliates violently, and in the struggle, she is accidentally killed. Terry arrives later after hitching a ride with one of the locals. He finds Will and soon uncovers a large basket of money in the house. They decide to abscond with the money and cover up the accident by trashing the place. It is revealed that the money belonged to a local fishery owner who was using it to pay off a hitman. The hitman threatens the fishery owner, who panics and goes after the person he thinks has the money. He is subsequently killed, and his mistress kills the person who killed him which creates a domino effect of retaliatory murder.
Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Officer Terry Brogan
- Himesh Patel as Officer Will Shelley
- Lily James as Paige
- Tim Blake Nelson as Wallace Chetlo
- Traci Lords as Virginia Chetlo
- Joey Lauren Adams as Bobette
- Uzo Aduba as Murphy
- Jim Gaffigan as The Irishman
- Simon Rex as Keith Crawford
- Nina Arianda as Deborah
- Neva Howell as Ms. Crawford
- José María Yazpik as The Colombian
- Yingling Zhu as Yu Yan
Production
The film was initially titled The Problem with Providence.[2][3] In May 2022 it was announced that filming was starting, with Lily James, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Himesh Patel appearing in the Limelight, Boies Schiller Entertainment and Hideout Pictures financed and produced film directed by Potsy Ponciroli and written by Michael Vukadinovich. Producers are David Boies, Zack Schiller, Shannon Houchins, Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker with executive producers Tyler Zacharia, Sam Slater, Phil Keefe and Dane Eckerle with Vukadinovich.[4] On May 13, it was revealed that Tim Blake Nelson, Uzo Aduba, Simon Rex, Nina Arianda, Jim Gaffigan, José María Yazpik and Joey Lauren Adams had joined the cast.[5] Filming took place in Southport, North Carolina, between May 9 and June 11, 2022.[6] In October 2023, it was retitled Greedy People.[7]
Release
In February 2024, Lionsgate acquired domestic distribution rights to the film; its Indian division also acquired distribution rights for India and the Philippines from Mister Smith Entertainment.[8] The film was released theatrically and on video-on-demand in the United States on August 23, 2024.[9]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 61% of 44 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a doofus with entertaining savvy in Greedy People, a shaggy crime comedy that welcomes unflattering comparisons to better examples of the genre."[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 45 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[11]
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