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  • What Doesn't Kill You
  • Opened December 12, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 40 min.
  • R
    language, drug use, some violence and brief sexuality
  • Friends since childhood, Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) do whatever it takes to survive in their hardscrabble South Boston neighborhood. Crime has always been part of their lives, and now they find themselves on the payroll of a Read More
  • Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Goodman
  • Director: Brian Goodman
  • Genres: Drama

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  • Ethan Hawke as Paulie and Mark Ruffalo as Brian in "What Doesn't Kill You."
  • Mark Ruffalo as Brian and Amanda Peet as Stacy in "What Doesn't Kill You."
  • Ethan Hawke as Paulie, Brian Goodman as Pat and Mark Ruffalo as Brian in "What Doesn't Kill You."
  • Mark Ruffalo and director Brian Goodman on the set of "What Doesn't Kill You."
  • Mark Ruffalo as Brian in "What Doesn't Kill You."
  • Brian Goodman as Pat Kelly in "What Doesn't Kill You."
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    What Doesn't Kill You

    by jestrain

    This was a great film. Excellent cast and very well acted, and wonderful character development. I would recommend it highly.

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  • 100
    The Hollywood Reporter |

    With Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke registering personal bests in the performance...

  • 83
    Christian Science Monitor | Peter Rainer

    The overfamiliarity of What Doesn't Kill You is redeemed by a full-scale...

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    A tough, authentic street drama born, bred, and shot in the no-spin zone of...

  • 80
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    It tells a good story well, and in the process quietly says a little something...

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