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| Andrew Garfield as Dennis Nash in 99 Homes |
The personal impact of the 2008 housing crisis in the United States which precipitated the Global Financial Crisis is explored in this feature film by director/screenwriter Ramin Bahrani. In this feature film rendition of the effects of the financial crisis, real estate agent Rick Carver (actor Michael Shannon) has made a fortune repossessing the homes of desperate mortgage holders and bank debtors. When tradesman, Dennis Nash (actor Andrew Garfield) is evicted from his home with his family, he finds himself working for Carver and becoming literally the Devils Apprentice by joining the business forcibly evicting others from their homes. Drawn by the lure of regaining his own family home and seduced by the wealth and increasingly glamorous lifestyle, Nash finds himself questioning his beliefs and values. When he is asked to courier a forged legal document in order to ensure a court win against another householder in debt, Nash reaches his nadir.
Actors Michael Shannon and Andew Garfield are perfectly cast in their respective roles and the film was shot in Florida and Louisiana using a mix of professional actors and amateurs, many of whom had lost their homes due to Hurricane Katrina and brought that experience to their performances. This is a well researched film with a strong underlying ethical dilemma and a message about the social impact of disconnected institutional behaviour.
Actors Michael Shannon and Andew Garfield are perfectly cast in their respective roles and the film was shot in Florida and Louisiana using a mix of professional actors and amateurs, many of whom had lost their homes due to Hurricane Katrina and brought that experience to their performances. This is a well researched film with a strong underlying ethical dilemma and a message about the social impact of disconnected institutional behaviour.
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