The Town

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  • Opened September 17, 2010 
  • 2 hr 5 min
  • R | Strong violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and drug use

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • 'Gone Baby Gone' director Ben Affleck adapts author Chuck Hogan's Hammett Prize-winning novel concerning four thieves who are hunted on the streets of Boston by a determined FBI agent and a woman with the power to bring them all to their knees. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively
  • Director: Ben Affleck
  • Genres: Drama

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The Town

by cmoriarty

Fun action and chase scenes, but a little wonky....

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The Town Movie Review

by Asianfreak

88 out of 100 It's "Takers" with white people, more suspense and excitement....

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

A rich, dark, pulpy mess of entanglements that fulfills all the requirements of the genre, and is told with an ease and gusto that make the pulp tasty. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

As a thriller, The Town has what it takes and then some. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Affleck and Hall make this unlikely love story palpably moving. And Renner (The Hurt Locker) is dynamite - he radiates ferocity and feeling. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Though the narrative is a conventional one, the well-acted, suspenseful story deals in fascinatingly murky morality and mines intriguing material from a historic and complex city. Read full review

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Jon Hamm as Detective Frawley in "The Town."