Citizen Gangster

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  • Opened April 27, 2012 (NY)
  • 1 hr 45 min
  • Edwin Boyd has returned from WWII and is dismayed by public indifference towards veterans and humiliated by his inability to fulfill his dream of being a Hollywood star or provide for his children and wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly). Seeing only disappointment in the face of his policeman father (Brian Cox), Eddie is desperate and starts to rob banks. But what starts as friendly and flirtatious robberies, performed while wearing thick makeup, evolves over time into a career that when mixed with a gang of small time criminals is not unlike that of Clyde Barrow or Butch Cassidy, in which crime and love are mixed to get explosive results. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross, William Mapother, Brendan Fletcher
  • Director: Nathan Morlando
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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Citizen Gangster I would rate 1/2 star.

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You'll laugh, you'll cry. you'll kiss your 10 bucks goodbye if you watch the movie that seems to be 2 movies in one, neither one quite meeting the other head on....

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Critic Reviews

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Liam Lacey

Morlando's approach, influenced by interviews with the real Boyd in his old age, is cerebral and melancholic. The tone is more foreboding than suspenseful. Read full review

67
The A.V. Club
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It feels like Morlando is juggling two movies at a time. And only one of them works really well-the one about a disaffected workaday vet avenging himself on the banality of his daily grind. Read full review

60
Time Out New York
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Writer-director Nathan Morlando leeches every last bit of color from the frame, until the world around Boyd looks so dreary and drab you can almost understand his desire to liven the place up with a little theatrical mayhem. Read full review

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Village Voice
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First-time writer-director Nathan Morlando shows commendable focus (even Cox dials it down), and his movie's modest aspirations nicely reflect the condition in which Boyd, his damaged charisma spent, finally thrives. Read full review

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Scott Speedman in "Citizen Gangster."