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Outstanding performances by Viola Davis and Anthony LaPaglia are the foundation for this charged drama. She's a Chicago activist who tries to convince the designer (LaPaglia) of a crime-ridden public-housing project to agree to her plan to tear it down and replace it with safer, more affordable homes. Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James. Written and directed by Matt Tauber, who adapted the play by David Greig, which was set in Glasgow.