A Simple Plan is one of those cult classic movies that when you watch it you kind of have that feeling that you've been missing out on being in an awesome club. There's a reason they are called cult classics to begin with. If you look in the Heavy Shoes Dictionary the definition of Cult Classic is: a movie that was made on a small budget, that didn't kill it in the theaters, and once people start renting it on DVD, they realize its awesome, and then all their friends watch it and realize its awesome. Well that's, A Simple Plan. The movie takes place in the freezing cold winter of Minnesota or somewhere like that. Two brothers, Billy Bob Thornton and Bill Paxton, along with their buddy, an actor I did know named Brent Briscoe, happen across a crashed plane with a boat load of money in it. He he. Get it, boat load ... plane ... never mind. The concoct what seems to be "a simple plan" on how to keep the money safe and divide when the time is right. Well, you all know whats coming. That simple plan, it ain't quite that simple.
While I knew that this wasn't a Cohen Brothers film when I was watching, I could help but think how much it could be one. Maybe it was the cold, snowy setting ala Fargo, or maybe it was the semi-zany-yet-serious characters (this is one of Billy Bob's best characters), or maybe it was the raw, gruesome murders, or maybe it was the chilling, intense scenes. But regardless, Cohen Brothers or not, this was a good movie.
Billy Bob Thornton does a great job as the dim-witted, lovable loser older brother to Bill Paxton's smart, more responsible character. Frankly, I've never understood how Bill Paxton is a working actor, but his badness as an actor doesn't take away from the move.
Go out and rent this flick. I promise you will be glad you did.
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