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Show The Griffcers by Sean Felton Forum staff writer The Grifters is the story of three con artists whose lives are intertwined, not only by the love and mesmerizing of the con, but by the energy it seems to give them when done well. The three main characters are Lily Dillion (Anjelica Huston), her supposed son Roy Dillion (John Cusack), and Roys girlfriend Myra Langtry (Annette Denning). Lily works the horse tracks across the country lowering odds for her mobster boss and, while on her way to San Diego, she stops by Los Angeles to see her son. Roy is 25 and has not seen his mother in the eight years, since he ran away, and doesnt seem to have forgotten the fact that she gave birth to hi m at 1 4 and has neglected him ever since. He later ends up in the hospital with serious internal injuries after a bartender takes offense to the con Roy tried to pull and hits him in the stomach with a bat. Its here in the hospital that the ($32 dhp !W.rstTi : I Heard it Was a Good Movie just another scam. Cusack is the only one who appears to have either a conscience or deeper feelings under that grifter shell that cheerful (well, neither is the movie) i t serves motherandgirlfriendmeet,withRoygiving all the attention and affection to Myra and the rest of the movie quite well. The film itself is a Martin Scorcese ignoring his Mother (even though she is the one who takes him to the hospital). Lily production and directed by Stephen Frears takes an instant dislike to Myra, who (Dangerous Liaisons). Its based upon reciprocates and helps in setting the tone the 1963 novel by Jim Thompson, who is known to some through his pulp novels in for the rest of the film. small-time con artist who paperback. The performance by all three Roy is a plays the short con(dice games, switching main characters is great, with only Bening bills when ordering drinks, etc.) while trying appearing to have trouble maintaining her to convince Myra and everybody else that character a couple of times. While this hes a matchbook salesman. His mother might be part of her character it seems a wants him to quit grifting, period. Myra is little awkward at times. Huston plays the into any type of scam, big or little, and hardened con well, and while she tries to knows that Roy is not on the level about his play the concerned mom throughout the dealings. She uses whatever she has to pull film, she makes Roy wonder if its real or a scam, but its her built for sin body that is the most often used to lure in her bag of tricks (guess how Myra pays rent in the film). Myra soon confronts Roy about his e grifting and wants him to go in on a scam using mostly his money. When he gets angry and hits her, she leaves and goes in search of Lily to pay her back for what she perceives is the reason that Roy no longer wants her. The biggest reason that Myra goes after Lily isbecause she had a suitcase full of skim money from the horses stashed in her trunk. From there, its down hill for the three, as lily tries to escape her mobster boss when Myra tellshim about the skim money; Myra wants to get Lily and the skim money, and Roy just wants to be left alone by the two of them. The ending is a decent jolt to the nervous system and while not all that he tries to wear, and while you never really find out how deep his feelings go, even after its all over. The direction, while at times haunting but without the and violent (Scorcese-like- , at makes you times both hate grand scale), with the characters, while and sympathize at others makes you feel totally detached. 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