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Sorry We Missed You
Why this pick
Its close, unsentimental look at a working family caught in a predatory labour system carries the same mounting financial pressure and anger at institutions as 99 Homes.
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MOVIE2014 1h 52m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Recently unemployed single father Dennis Nash, a former construction worker in Orlando, Florida, is evicted together with his mother Lynn, a hairdresser, and young son Connor from the foreclosed home they share. Real estate operator Rick Carver is in charge of the eviction, and police officers who provide the enforcement call him "boss." Dennis and his family move into a shabby cramped motel room. Dennis goes to Rick's office and tries to take back his tools stolen by Rick's men. Rick sees the confrontation and is impressed by Dennis' gumption. He offers Dennis work as a repairman at his properties and Dennis accepts. Dennis soon becomes Rick's assistant, helping to carry out evictions himself and set up real estate schemes that exploit government and banking rules to the disadvantage of struggling home owners. He starts accepting large payments of money (in exchange for the work he is performing for Rick) and dips into the glamorous lifestyle in which Rick indulges.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
J.D. Evermore
Mr. Tanner
Cullen Moss
Bill
Judd Lormand
Mr. Hester
Gretchen Koerner
Neighbor Friend
Donna DuPlantier
Mrs. Tidwell
Gus Rhodes
Neighbor
John L. Armijo
John
Jayson Warner Smith
Jeff