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Layer Cake

Layer Cake

Sep 30, 2004
105 min
DramaThrillerCrime
6.9/ 10
2,242 votes

Overview

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...

Ratings & Reviews

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TMDB
6.9/10
2,242 votes
IMDB
7.2/10
204,919 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
73/100
Metascore

Media

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$6,500,000Production cost
Box Office$11,900,000Worldwide gross
Profit$5,400,000Profitable
ROI
+83.1%Return on investment
US Box Office$2,339,957Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 9 nominations total

Details

Production information

"The art of good business is being a good middleman."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$11,900,000

Production Companies

Marv

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