Say this for 99 Homes: It contains arguably the most truthful snatch of dialogue to be found in any movie released so far in 2015.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 12, 2023

99 Homes really belongs to Shannon, offering a portrait of a man who has long since stopped asking about the ethical implications of his actions and, only after a few drinks, hints that he laments having to wear a concealed weapon.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 12, 2022

Features a gut wrenching eviction scene that establishes the tone for the rest of the film. It's the stuff they don't show you on reality flip shows, the personal, tragic side of foreclosure.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 4, 2021

99 Homes is not just a well-made film, it's a film that should shake the very foundation of the subject it deals with.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 31, 2021

There are contrivances to Bahrani's plotting, but they all manage to build in a satisfactory manner. The main goal here is to watch a man become what he hates: not out of want, but out of necessity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 21, 2021

Shannon is superb at being contemptible and intense, tossing about vein-popping speeches that attempt to justify his immoral and regularly illegal approach to making money.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Bahrani's most effective film to date, 99 Homes features a particularly vibrant Michael Shannon engaged in a modern perversion of American greed.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 13, 2020

Bahrani effectively and systematically portrays the awful things people will do, betraying themselves and others, faced with impossible economic conditions.

| Aug 13, 2020

The film is not a pleasant one to watch, but it is absolutely electrifying on all fronts.

| Apr 7, 2020

As comes as no surprise, writer/director Ramin Bahrani breaks down the door of our collective moral compass with this cat and mouse thriller of corruption versus conscience.

| Nov 29, 2019

It's generally positive, but it is sad that it remains just an estimable proposal when it sometimes shows that it could have been much more than that. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Jul 19, 2019

Its great cast and effective drama, at least for the majority of the film, are undeniably compelling.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 24, 2019

Bahrani's vérité gets somewhat lost among his amplified quasi-thrillery plot beats, but this low-key master continues to grow with a wider scope and commanding actors. Don't miss 99 Homes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 4, 2019

While 99 Homes does suffer from some contrived plotting and character development, Bahrani has also produced a timely portrait of the human cost of the housing crisis.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2019

99 HOMES features award-worthy performances, an original premise that speaks so much truth, but contains a climax that is hard to like, leaving you with a bad taste in your mouth.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 30, 2019

Directed and co-written by Ramin Bahrani, 99 Homes is a dreary story worth telling, unfolding through realistic, powerful acting all around.

| Jan 25, 2019

Anchored by strong work from Michael Shannon, it's a fascinating examination of the fragile nature of a home owner's market, but it also starts to run out of steam in the second half.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 18, 2019

As a movie with some lessons for us, 99 HOMES may not be the most transcendent, but it is practical, useful and fairly disturbing.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 7, 2018

At once realistic and fabulistic, 99 Homes is Bahrani's best film.

| Aug 23, 2018

Tight as a drum writing and terrific performances from Garfield, Shannon, plus Laura Dern as Dennis's mother, represent a solid investment of your time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2018