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‘Greedy People’ Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Loopy Cop Tops Black Comedy That Somehow Escaped The Coens’ Grasp

A review of 'Greedy People', a Coens Bros -style crime comedy with sharp cast led by Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a loopy cop caught up in small town murder

When the newbie mistakes a minor police call for an actual burglarly and is unable to get Terry’s attention he drives off and takes matters into his own hands – quite disastrously – as he enters the address given and freaks out the female resident, Virginia (Traci Lords). Even with all its familiarity Greedy People, which delights in piling up the bodies in near-slapstick fashion, does deliver a satisfying payoff as it were, no more – but no less – than a good summertime diversion at the movies, especially for those who miss the cinematic heyday when the Coens made this particular wackadoo kind of crime comedy a memorable genre all by itself. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Himesh Patel, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson, Uzo Aduba, Tracy Lords, Nina Arianda, Jim Gaffigan, Jose Maria Yazpik, Joey Lauren Adams, Simon Rex

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