Keys to Tulsa

Keys to Tulsa

1997 · 113 min · EN · R · 4.6 (35 votes)
Dir. Leslie Greif · Starring Eric Stoltz, James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Joanna Going, Michael Rooker, Mary Tyler Moore · Music Stephen Endelman

“Murder. Blackmail. Deceit. ...There's no place like home.”

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Richter Boudreau is on a bad streak: Languishing in the shadow of his celebrity mother, he loses his job as a film critic for the town paper, and now he's been approached with a dangerous proposition that ultimately leads to blackmail. Richter's friend Ronnie ropes him into a scheme to steal the inheritance of his wife, Vicky.

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A simmering descent into moral compromise, this film grips with a palpable sense of dread. It's a gritty, character-driven exploration of desperation and the dangerous allure of illicit schemes, unfolding with a cynical gaze on small-town shadows and the heavy weight of consequences.

dread-soakedtensegrittydesperatemorally ambiguousslow-burnneo-noircharacter-driven drama90s indie aestheticcynical realismmoral compromisedesperationconsequencessmall-town decayidentity crisis
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