Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
99 Homes is a taut, morally charged drama anchored by two powerhouse performances from Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon. The plot is sharply constructed, using the post-2008 housing crisis as a pressure cooker for a Faustian bargain that escalates with genuine dramatic tension. Shannon in particular delivers a career-best turn as the charismatic, amoral Carver. Cinematography is competent and kinetic but not especially distinctive — handheld work conveys urgency without real visual poetry. The premise feels timely and grounded rather than wholly original, drawing on familiar 'deal with the devil' narrative DNA, landing it in average novelty territory. The ending is morally satisfying but somewhat abrupt and conventional in its resolution, pulling back from the moral ambiguity the film had built so carefully.