Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Acting
Gordon-Levitt's fragmented, physically precise performance — before he was a star.
Writing
Scott Frank's directorial debut script: patient, cruel, unexpectedly tender.
Cinematography
Frozen Kansas landscapes that mirror Chris's internal emptiness.
Director
Scott Frank
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gordon-Levitt spent weeks at a brain injury facility and learned to write left-handed to match Chris's motor impairment. The cast still calls it his most underrated work.
The film flopped in 2007 but gained cult status after Looper made JGL famous — audiences returned shocked to find he'd been this good all along.
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