The Square

– Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carl..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 45 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
The Square (2008)

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

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The Square (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

31 Jul 2008

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Nash Edgerton

Writer:

Joel Edgerton, Matthew Dabner, Joel Edgerton (original story)

Main Actors:

David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Peter Phelps, Bill Hunter

Plot:

Lovers Ray and Carla plan to burn down her house at Christmas, to run off with her husband's drug money. Ray has a side scheme going too, taking kickbacks on the love hotel project whose construction he's managing. The suburban Aussie marrieds live across a river from each other, the much older, domesticated Ray in a upper middle-class neighborhood, Carla on the wrong side of the water. The cheaters will lure their families to the same Christmas picnic celebration, to provide alibis while still being able to sneak off and chat about the arson. Carla's tow-truck owner hubby, Smithy, is a fearsome tough to cross, so will the philanderers' holiday gifts come through, or explode in their lying faces?

Awards:

2 wins & 15 nominations.

Gross profit:

$404,898

Production:

Apparition

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Metacritic:
75%