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The Details

The Details

Comedy · Drama · 2012

When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.

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The Details

“Doing the right thing has never gone so wrong.”

2012 Comedy · Drama 1h 41m

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6.0 / 10

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When a family of raccoons discover worms living underneath the sod in Jeff and Nealy's backyard, this pest problem begins a darkly comic and wild chain reaction of domestic tension, infidelity and murder.

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Directed by

Jacob Aaron Estes

Written by

Jacob Aaron Estes

Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire

Jeff Lang

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

Nealy Lang

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Rebecca Mazzoni

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta

Peter Mazzoni

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Lila

Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Lincoln

Gary Schwartz

Gary Schwartz

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Put The Details on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.