an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Despite the fact that this movie takes place in one location, it does not drag or get boring - that in and of itself is a HUGE accomplishment! I thought the story was great how it put the main character into a sticky situation. All the characters had distinct personalities, which kept their conversations entertaining. The psychological suspense was strong. It's a movie wrought with tension. I applaud an indie filmmaker (Jeff Probst) for pulling off a good movie on a budget that is tiny compared to the studio budgets.If you liked it, watch the director's commentary. Jeff Probst is very open about the process and how this film came into fruition (before he got his Survivor gig, by the way).If you are looking for an indie film with some humor, psychological suspense, and good acting, check out this film.

Finder's Fee has an exceedingly decent premise at its heart, but the writer (and we know who HE is) doesn't have the skill to pull it off; there are plotholes and contrivances galore, the stupidest one being the way the cops show up to 'seal off' the building - we're never actually given a reason why this happens, just some odd line from Forster about someone named "Raymond getting stuck" somewhere. I truly have no clue who "Raymond" is. This horrendously bad plot device could have been easily explained by writing in something about how, say, they were looking for someone who had supposedly escaped from custody into the building. I was thinking at one point that the cops (if indeed they WERE cops) were in on it with James Earl Jones' character (to keep him in the building so he could get the lottery ticket back), but that doesn't really hold water because near the end --POSSIBLE SPOILER -- when Tepper gives Forster's character the ticket, Forster would have known it wasn't the right ticket (he would have KNOWN the winning 3 numbers from James Earl Jones' character). So he would have come back for the RIGHT ticket after checking it, blah blah blah. -- END OF POSSIBLE SPOILERI hate when movies do this to you, when a film is just not well-written enough to truly hold up but yet you're sucked in because it's written just well enough to keep your attention. This could have been a really decent movie if the writer had put some genuine thought into it. Three words: details, details, details.

I was on the edge of my seat the entire movie. I just happened to stumble on "Finder's Fee". It's a 10+ for suspense. Anyone who likes good old fashion suspense will love this movie.In short, it's about a street artist who is put into an ethical dilemma after finding a wallet containing a $6 million winning lottery ticket. He returns the wallet. But does he return it in tact? Does he return the wallet empty, keeping the ticket? Does he tell his friends?The suspense in "Finder's Fee" just keeps building and building until the climactic ending. I have to applaud the writing, screen play, actors and directing. It was all perfect. And everyone was perfectly cast. I'd like to believe that Alfred Hitchcock himself would have been pleased with "Finder's Fee".

I saw this film last year at the Saugatuck Film Festival (and even got to meet the stars of the film Robert Forster, Dash Mihok, and Erik Palladino), and loved every minute of it. The place was sold out and everyone at the theater loved it.What would you do if you found a wallet containing a winning lottery ticket worth $6 million? That's how the movie is set up in this fast paced film with great acting. James Earl Jones is great as always, Robert Forster has a small but memorable role, but I was very surprised that Matthew Lillard did such a good job in the movie. But the obvious star of the movie is the script. Written and Directed by Jeff Probst, there are so many great plot twists that keep you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next. You won't believe some of the things you discover when watching this movie.If you can find this movie somewhere, I highly recommend it.**** out of ****