'Windfall' is a Hitchcockian thriller starring Jason Segel, Lily Collins and Jesse Plemons, directed by Charlie McDowell.
, the couple is at first startled, and eager to shoo away the interloper, sending him off with a few thousand dollars in his pocket. But when this Nobody returns — concerned that he’s been ID-ed by their security cameras — the CEO and his wife shift to toying with him, promising him more money if he’ll stick around long enough to explain why he targeted them., who also wrote the story with Justin Lader, Andrew Kevin Walker and his three leads .
McDowell and company fumble a bit when it comes to plotting — something that, to be frank, is pretty important when it comes to films about crimes and capers. After the grabby initial setup, there’s one major surprise remaining. Otherwise, this story is more about digging into the pasts of these characters than what they’re doing in the present. There’s a lot of chit-chat and not a lot of action.
Even when the narrative stalls, McDowell and cinematographer Isiah Donté Lee can always drop in more shots of the amazing estate, which looks like luxury incarnate, sitting just beyond the reach of ordinary folks. At its heart, “Windfall” is about the increasingly widening line between the haves and the have-nots, and how hard it is even for a determined Nobody to cross it.
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