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2010
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The Town
Positive Reviews
101
Negative reviews
4
Average Rating
3.9
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3.2
The movies exterior is solid, but its hollow inside, like a safe filled with air.
Av Club
2.0
Affleck doesnt have the directorial chops to bring off a movie painted in such broad strokes, or to tap into the genres archetypal roots in a way that ..
Av Club
4.5
The most surprising thing about The Town is how conventional it is.
Den Of Geek
4.0
The scenes succeed in crafting a mixture of tension and edge of your seat thrills that are pretty much pitch perfect in terms of pacing.
We Got This Covered
3.5
The action is the stuff of locked jaw suspense, but a feeling of inevitability hangs over the film without any tempering tragic weight.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
While his new effort isnt quite the emotional powerhouse he delivered with Gone Baby Gone, The Town is a thrilling ride thats worth taking.
Collider
4.0
The Town never reaches the operatic heights of the movie to which it will inevitably compared, The Departed, but its a solid improvement on the plotho ..
Cinema Blend
4.0
During one job, Jem takes a teller, Claire (Rebecca Hall), as a hostage, but after Doug balks, they release her.
Ny Daily News
3.8
But Affleck is more interested in the people in the midst of the action than he is in the action itself, and that gives this accomplished genre piece ..
Philly
3.8
But the chemistry between Hall and Affleck, between Affleck and Renner (the movies other relationship story), is very real, and the movies loopy plot ..
Philly
3.5
If for this alone, it misses on the big emotional gut punchbut its good enough at least that you wish it was better.
Village Voice
4.4
This is a movie about a milieu and the hard people who inhabit it.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.2
The action scenes are very well done and the acting is fine, but the film is hollow and forgettable.
Sover
3.0
Ben Afflecks feature directing debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007), achieved a tragic depth unusual for a crime film because the child at its center, though ..
Chicago Reader
4.4
The sequence grabs hold of the audience and keeps us in its thrall, but the films grip slackens as it winds to its conclusion.
Usa Today
3.5
Its pulpy B movie material, but its a well acted and respectable grown up version of it.
Eric Ds Nider
3.8
So we get a good heist movie that can be filed alongside genre classics like Heat and Dog Day Afternoon, along with one of the years better love stori ..
News Review
3.0
Theres plenty of action (pretty much copying the blueprint Heat laid out so long ago with muscular blasting of machine guns, but not quite capturing t ..
Screen It
4.0
Ben Affleck confirms his directing skills with this sharply made thriller, which carefully maintains a human connection with its characters. Its an as ..
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
The storyline may lapse into cop criminal and thug with a soul cliches, but the film is so well cast, you happily go along with the genre ride.
Film Journal
3.8
That said, Ben Afflecks latest is a pretty decent crime drama not a patch on the best parts of his directorial debut, 2007s Gone Baby Gone, but its mo ..
Boston
3.0
If you watch the end credits long enough youll also see a kind of apology, dedicating the film to all the good, honest residents of Charlestown who ar ..
Smh
4.4
Maybe because its director Ben Affleck seems more interested in the pathos of violent men than the spectacle of their violence.
Star Tribune
2.0
The action sequences are sharply orchestrated, with car chases and shoot outs, and the film does not lack for pace as the noose draws tight and the st ..
Guardian
4.4
Robbing is passed down from generation to generation like an old family recipe or an heirloom, which is precisely how Afflecks Doug MacRay got involve ..
Q Network
4.0
This is a tough urban thriller that ranks with the best recent efforts in the genre.
Daily Mail
4.2
The monument commemorates one of the first major battles of the American Revolution.
Ew
4.0
Ben Affleck is a remarkable director and like Gone Baby Gone, his newest crime thriller is about hard decisions, the road less traveled, and a conflic ..
Cinema Crazed
4.0
But it is on a much bigger canvas, and confirms Afflecks commitment to ambition and seriousness.
Empire
3.5
No one knows Boston better than Ben Affleck, and theres lots of robbin in the hood in this solid, suspense filled thriller.
Susang Ranger
4.0
With a deft hand, Affleck, who also directs, creates a fully rendered picture in THE TOWN of a man poised at a crossroads.
Common Sense Media
3.5
Fortunately, his overall directorial instincts are sound; breathtaking car chases and ear rattling shoot outs are thrillingly executed, and by the tim ..
Movies
3.0
Hah.This is fun to watch, but is it any more plausible than it was in the novel
New Yorker
3.5
The Town is a thriller that manages to be pleasingly familiar, yet fresh.
Time
3.1
Beneath its nasty pleasures and harsh Hubland vowels, there just isnt anything new.
Slant Magazine
4.0
A teasingly complicated situation gives heart and freshness to what is otherwise a conventional, if impeccably acted and well made, crime movie about ..
Express
3.1
Its violent but softhearted, and clearly digs the grungy allure of its chosen criminal world, where the bank robbers disguise themselves as ghouls, or ..
Chicago Tribune
4.2
This is the essence of the story but, boy, is getting there a wild ride.
Reeling Reviews
4.2
This is the essence of the story but, boy, is getting there a wild ride.
Reeling Reviews
4.5
The Town is enormously entertaining, a superb example of the best kind of genre filmmaking.
Flickfilosopher
3.5
What makes the movie work isnt so much the plotting as it is Afflecks facility with character and setting.
Las Vegas Weekly
3.5
You feel the storytelling wheels turning, not the intended visceral punch.
Hollywood Reporter
4.5
This film is tightly edited by Dylan Tichenor, which keeps the tension rising throughout.Making this film even better are the car chases.
Tony Medley
3.5
For all of the films exciting chase sequences, the action goes too far into the predictable realm of shoot em up silliness.
Coles Mithey
2.5
Which is a damn shame, because the story itself is packed with some fantastic moments that show just how good a director Affleck can be.
Pajiba
4.0
The films palpable authenticity is less self conscious than it was in Gone Baby Gone and Affleck is able to create a strong enough sense of verisimili ..
Los Angeles Times
4.4
Once again returning to the streets of his native Boston, Affleck has fashioned another gritty, compelling crime thriller that offers equal parts exci ..
Aisle Seat
4.5
If you appreciate action filmmaking with brains to match its brawn, you will be completely satisfied with what comes to pass here.
Herald Sun
4.4
Actor Ben Affleck makes his directorial debut here, and it goes without saying that the film is a far more accomplished and flat out compelling piece ..
Reel Film
3.0
WHOS GOING TO LIKE THIS MOVIE People who like heavily dramatic action films.
7M Pictures
3.8
This time out the story is better and more believable, without the silliness that tripped up Gone Baby Gone.
The Star
4.0
Its been weirdly thrilling to watch Ben Affleck reinvent himself as a co writer/director of thoughtful crime dramas.
Oregon Live
4.0
The action is genuinely exciting as cars collide, metal crunches and the impossible takes place through the narrow streets of Boston.
Urban Cine File
4.0
For instance, he wisely refuses to force this central theme, using it instead to build to a tense finale that is plausible, emotionally satisfying and ..
The Age
5.0
With Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Pete Postlethwaite.Directed by Ben Affleck.
Maki At The Movies
4.0
This solid follow up offers proof it was no flash in the pan.A gritty, grubby but grown up crime drama about professional thieves from a tough Boston ..
Mirror
4.5
If there was any performance in 2009 that had more visceral power than that one I simply dont know what it was.This part may not make as great an impr ..
Varia Gate
4.0
Itas a mostly compelling character driven thriller, albeit one that lacks a knockout dramatic punch.
Digital Spy
4.0
The Town Sure, it was a little awkward when he got all mauve and glossy as the hairier half of Bennifer, but generally theres no good reason to dislik ..
The Stranger
3.1
Fans of the crime genre will be very pleased, happy to enjoy an adult minded thriller after a summer of underwhelming explosions and special effects.
Dustin Put Man
3.8
The campaign for Ben Affleck as a genre auteur (think Clint Eastwood) started with Gone Baby Gone and got louder with this bank heist drama.
Larsen On Film
4.4
It is, at heart, a routine genre movie: the classic cops and robbers heist flick weve all seen before.
Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
4.0
Gripping and moving at the same time, The Town is a solid heist movie whose fleshed out characters give the story the weight it requires to be more th ..
Hollywood And Fine
4.0
LOO PROBLEMS Emmerdale fans spot major blunder with Rebecca being held captive by Lachlan CHARITYS SECRET Emmerdales Charity Dingle has a secret son h ..
The Sun
4.5
Its a turbulent story explored with a steady hand, launching Affleck to the upper echelon of American filmmaking talent.Its a tense, terse, specialize ..
Brian Or Ndorf
4.0
Though they dont have a lot of scenes together, Affleck and Hall make the romance seem fleshy and real.
The Filmy Ap
4.1
It will win your heart.Sure, the plot is predictable, but whats fundamentally wrong with following a predictable formula as long as its skillfully dir ..
Nyc Movie Guru
3.8
Afflecks affectations facial stubble, Southie patois and more tattoos than a Russian mobster are on the money.
Js Online
4.5
The Town Synopsis Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves i ..
Movie Web
4.0
But Affleck neednt always miss all the flying bullets and needs to allow his other actors to shine as brightly.
Hollywood Chicago
3.5
Either way, its a great climax to the film that at times feels like its losing its way.
ComingSoon
5.0
It proves that Gone Baby Gone, his accomplished directing debut, was no fluke.
News Week
4.0
Ultimately, its further proof that Affleck after the professional doldrums of the Bennifer years is fulfilling the promise of Good Will Hunting and is ..
Sky
3.5
But the romance strains credulity and, as noted, the ending is a trite let down.
Sbs
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
4.4
On all four fronts he proves his mettle, turning out a first class genre entry stacked with dandy performances and some crackerjack action to boot.
Chron
4.4
Ben Affleck further opened a lot of Hollywoods already surgically lifted eyes in 2007 when he directed the gritty, heartbreaking crime drama Gone Baby ..
No La
2.5
When its on again, you sing along, but the moment it ends, youve forgotten it again.
Scene Stealers
2.0
Affleck may have made the movie with the worst gun firing in the history of movies.
Tony Mack
4.0
Director Affleck takes a solid script and shows that hes a man who understands all the ins and outs of whats needed to make this story work.
Review Express
4.4
You can follow the action with minimal effort and the excessive editing that often accompanies action films is left largely unused.
Cinema Sight
4.0
What his latest film may lack in nuance and originality, it gains in sheer scope and technical prowess.
Trespass Mag
3.1
The well choreographed action scenes are staged with flair and panache.The hair raising car chases and explosive shootouts following the sensational h ..
Entertainment Spectrum
3.5
Rather, it simply treats its stock dynamics and themes with respectful professionalism.
Nicks Chager
2.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
4.0
Remember when everyone liked Matt Damon AND Ben Affleck Well, if Gone Baby Gone didnt convince you to get back on the Affleck Express, The Town will.
The Scorecard Review
3.0
What makes The Town truly special are the finely drawn performances that Affleck (himself an actor of limited range, but so were leading men turned mu ..
Movies Ign
4.4
Affleck is a director eager to challenge himself and worth watching.
Illinois Times
5.0
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Ny Press
3.8
By Sean OConnell Hollywoodnews.com: A bleak start to the Toronto International Film Festival not due to quality, but due to content.I dont have time t ..
Hollywood News
2.5
But it is a routine and predictable one.So depending on your expectations, you might enjoy it or feel disappointed.
Kpbs
5.0
First two dont count.A tense thriller full of great performances, The Town is a heist film that rivals Dog Day Afternoon and Heat. And no, Im not sayi ..
Crazed Fan Boy
4.5
Its intelligent, darkly funny and full of harrowing, high impact thrills.
The Diva Review
3.5
While it is entertaining it lacks a lot of complexity and surprise.
Cinema Autopsy
4.0
These set pieces frame the film well the last one is a tense climax almost up there with Heats big heist and help keep the pace of the film, which thr ..
Standard Net Au
4.0
What the film may lack in originality it makes up for in exciting action sequences and strong performances, with Affleck noticeably giving himself the ..
Liver Pool Echo
4.5
In most Pixar movies, the performers are cast by best fitting the roles.In Alpha and Omega, only Long manages to do anything interesting with his anim ..
Kc Active
4.4
Tension builds and builds, culminating in the edge of your seat climax at Fenway.
Paloalto Online
4.1
Hewing close to genre conventions isnt a weakness when you do it as well as Affleck does here.
D Cist
3.5
The rehabilitation of Ben Affleck is complete. His penance has been accepted. The star of Gigli, Daredevil and Pearl Harbor has now earned audiences r ..
Brandon Fibbs
3.5
The Town is certainly not Afflecks best, but it is a fine crime drama with enjoyable performances and plenty of intrigue.
Blu Ray Ign
3.8
With gunshots that roar like cannons and exhilarating car chases through Bostons narrow streets, the execution of the crimes is far more interesting a ..
Sign On Sandiego
4.5
Afflecks reinvention in recent years has gone largely under the radar.
Maki At The Movies Blogspo ..
4.4
Actually, The Town is a fairly paint by numbers one last heist drama, with beats and plot points you can see coming a mile off.But one of the things t ..
The Movie Kit
3.0
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Ifc
4.4
Whether Doug can outrun his friends and Jon Hamms dogged FBI man is anyones guess happy endings are hardly assured and that escalating tension, plus t ..
7X7
3.5
Trying to outdo your genre is always a good thing, wanting to make a real film beyond just entertainment value is always a good thing.
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