the audience applauded

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

To really understand what US free economy is capable of! Like a punch in the stomach especially for Europeans! We mostly have a false (PINK) image of American society! I Think Europeans ( I as for one) are lucky to be born on this side of the Ocean! Unluckily (commercial) distribution was strict to show it in European Theatres. Thanks to TV, on demand or DVD people SHOULD watch it at any cost! Direction and actors were FANTASTIC!!! A "pleasant" punch in the belly to confront ourselves with Modern Society!

The Trivia says this movie is based on a true story, it is heartbreaking that greedy people would exploit people who have financial troubles.The performances are very emotional and natural, the pacing is perfect, 99 Homes story line doesn't really go anywhere but it is still interesting to watch and has you wondering what "Nash" (Andrew Garfield) is going to do next. We find out a lot later on in the movie that him working for that corrupt so-called businessman "Carver" (Michael Shannon) was all done in vain due to "Nash's" mother and son walking out on him and not being interested in the new flashy house that "Nash" brought them.The film tries to get viewers to have sympathy for "Nash" and up to a point we should sympathise with him, but the sympathy should stop as soon as "Nash" starts working for "Carver" and on top of that "Nash" lies to his mother "Lynn" (Laura Dern) and she has to find out what he's doing via a massive shouting match between "Nash" and another guy that "Nash" evicted.It is good that the corrupt businessman got exposed, but all that "Nash" had to do was go back to court and see the judge as soon as possible with his lawyer and once they find out that the judge did not sign the papers of them having to vacate their home that soon, then the corrupt businessman would have been exposed, in the film he got exposed when someone nearly got shot, all that heartache and anger could have been prevented had one of the many victims of "Carver" followed up the issue with their lawyer and saw a judge.99 Homes is worth watching, once at least, there's no glamour (except for a flashy party scene) it's all very down to earth.We see that "Nash" is trying at first to find honest work and he just can't find any, well that is still no excuse to go into the world of corruption and thievery. We see that "Nash" doesn't feel right about working for "Carver" at times, but he ignores his conscience. Bottom line he should have listened to his conscience, him getting in deeper working for "Carver" resulted in "Nash" losing his mother and son (possible temporarily) and ending up in jail."Nash" had other choices, he could have temporarily gone on welfare (due to him being a single father) while still looking for work and if he'd have gone to see his lawyer they would have got their house back.They also had the other option of staying with the mother's brother in Florida or wherever it was, but "Nash" didn't want to uproot the child. They had plenty of options to do the right thing, but "Nash" did the wrong thing while withholding important information from his family. Also getting money quick brings greed out in some people and "Nash" ends up becoming just like "Carver", they both have to look over their shoulders everyday as well as kicking people out of their homes unjustly. One of the most emotional scenes is when "Nash" kindly tells a family to move their belongs to the kerb (kicking them to the kerb, it doesn't get anymore humiliating than that.)It all started from debt, we find out "Nash" borrowed money from the bank to buy expensive tools so he could work, hence him paying the bank back every month, hence missing payments on the rent/or mortgage. Getting into debt is never a good idea, "Nash" could have rented tools until he could afford to buy them without getting into debt, it doesn't seem that his mother's job brought in a lot of money either.We see "Nash" make one bad choice after another. Watching this movie will hopefully have you being grateful that you have a home and no financial troubles.

99 Homes follows a man who, after being evicted from his family home, ends up working with the man who evicted him to gain enough money to buy back his house. Whenever I hear people talk about Andrew Garfield's or Michael Shannon's greatest performances they fail to mention this movie, and it makes me wonder if they never saw it. Both leading actors are absolutely fantastic. These are easily some of these guys' best work. The rest of the acting is good, even from the children, but their roles are thankfully minor. The story itself is an interesting one. It's not often that somewhat mainstream movies about eviction get made, especially not ones about the guys who evict people. That was something I loved about this movie: it focuses on and humanizes these guys. Normally we would perceive people in this line of work as horrible people without compassion, but the reality is that it's a job that somebody has to do, whether you like it or not. It's shown to be a hard job that pays very well, and it makes the audience look at people in emotionally trying jobs like this in a different light. On top of that, the movie itself is very emotionally effective. The characters are people who have lost something dear to them, but it shows how the breadwinner of the family takes steps that he normally wouldn't for things he wouldn't do under normal circumstances. It portrays temptation on his part, something that everyone experiences. It becomes a moral battle for the main character, and I found myself flip-flopping between my own moral standing on the subject. When a movie manages to make the audience think and relate to the characters, I think at that point it has succeeded. If I have but one problem with the movie, it's the ending. Not the ending as a whole, but more the last shot. It wasn't great, and I wish there had been a bit more. Still, it was a pretty good place to end it off, so I can't complain too muchOverall 99 Homes is a really solid movie. The characters and acting are great, the story is engaging, and the subject matter makes the audience think about their own beliefs. In the end I would definitely recommend this movie.

The first half of this soul shaking melodrama about the horrors of the housing market in the wake of the 2008 economic meltdown is a devastating half a film. The long sequence where amoral, greedy but smart and coldly logical Michael Shannon oversees the forced eviction of Andrew Garfield and family from their long-time home that he plans to take and then flip is as chilling, cruel and hard to watch as anything in a torture porn film this year. And the very talented Ramin Bahrani even manages to make a slightly long-shot end of first act twist in the main character's behavior make sense.But the second half, while still well acted and intelligent, can't keep up with the power of the foundation that's been laid. The film starts to rely on coincidences and forced structure, and Shannon's villain starts to feel a bit too calculated and Snidely Whiplash – both too all- knowing and all powerful, and yet too dumb at the same time. After creating a topsy turvey world where it seems like anything might happen, we start to get a little ahead of the story, and can guess where the twists, betrayals and moral conundrums will be.But all that said, this is still a strong and important film. Mainstream movies that attempt to confront political and moral issues head-on are rare and valuable commodities, and if this isn't the home-run it seems destined to b at first, it's still a strong double off the back wall. Well worth seeing.