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Opened May 18, 2012 (Limited)
1 hr 33 min
NR | Language, Drug Use, Some Sexuality and Strong Violence
After many years in prison, a former grifter (Samuel L. Jackson) tries to go straight, but the son (Luke Kirby) of his former partner insists on learning the game and relieving a feared gangster (Tom Wilkinson) of $8 million. Full synopsis
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga, Tom Wilkinson, Gil Bellows, Aaron Poole, Tom McCamus, Martha Burns
Director: David Weaver
Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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Play It Again Sam, Eh?

by CharlesHaas

"Oh, Canada! Most statesiders consider their northern neighbor less of a land of milk and maple-honey, and more as bland geographic version of the American invention of wonder bread. The appeal seems...

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by bloggochicago

Thankfully we watched this OnDemand instead of at the theater. As the movie plodded along, we kept groaning at the predictable dialogue. Finally, we had to shut it down. Couldn't even finish it. Big...

Critic Reviews

Chicago Sun-Times

| Roger Ebert

The Samaritan isn't a great noir, but it's true to the tradition and gives Samuel L. Jackson one of his best recent roles. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter

| Michael Rechtshaffen

A gritty serving of pulp fiction masterfully perpetrated by Samuel L. Jackson as a philosophical ex-con trying to buck the considerable odds by taking a shot at redemption. Read full review

Movieline

Svelte enough in its reassembling of familiar elements to be, for a while, as comfortably pleasant as sipping on what once used to be your go-to drink - until The Samaritan takes a jarring turn right out of Park Chan-wook, and from there takes a tumble into ludicrousness from which it doesn't recover. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

| Rick Groen

About a third of the way along, there's a shocking revelation that definitely packs a punch. Problem is, it's followed by a near-immediate return to familiar narrative convention, where the noir ante rises exponentially toward a climax that arrives too hastily and ends too neatly. Read full review