You get the feeling that these actors had fun making this film, and that fun is contagious.
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06/28/03
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The Hard Word (2003)
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Reviews Counted:81
Fresh:32
Rotten:49
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: This caper flick lacks the originality necessary to elevate it above other films of its genre.
Theatrical Release:Jun 13, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $400,844
Synopsis: Three prisoners are about to be released on bail - DALE (GUY PEARCE), MAL (DAMIEN RICHARDSON) and SHANE (JOEL EDGERTON). Meet the Twentyman brothers. Hard experience and an unspoken bond of... [More]
Starring: Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Taylor, Damien Richardson
Director: Scott Roberts
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Reviews for The Hard Word
This movie could obviously go on fooling us forever, but we are good sports only up to a point, and then our attention drifts.
06/28/03
Top CriticThe Hard Word never steals our hearts, though it does kill time.
06/28/03
Top CriticThe Hard Word strains to be light on its feet but piles too much on its plate: characters come and go, changing personality at the director's whim, and you're never quite sure who's getting the shaft.
06/28/03
There isn't much about the movie that "a more good-natured, Australian-flavored LOCK, STOCK & 2 SMOKING BARRELS" doesn't sum up.
06/27/03
A good-but-not-great caper film.
06/27/03
A wannabe gritty Australian crime drama.
06/27/03
Top CriticBoasts enough originality and excellent performances to merit a look-see, especially from fans who love 'heist-gone-bad' flicks.
06/27/03
Your brain may wander off elsewhere before the movie has a chance to get rolling.
06/26/03
Treads too closely to Quentin Tarentino and Guy Ritchie turf to claim much original thought.
06/26/03
It's the kind of predictable programmer that used to fill the bottom half of double bills, but it's worth the effort to catch Ms. Griffiths.
06/26/03
Top CriticThe entire cast perform ably, but Mr. Pearce and Ms. Griffiths ... are something special in their native habitat.
06/26/03
Top Critica mish-mash of post-mod noir ideas (the butcher, the redeemed femme, cannibalism) arranged with little respect for rhyme and reason.
06/25/03
Odd details certainly enliven the film, but their purpose in it is not always clear.
06/23/03
It would be hard not to feel something for such a lively outlaw crew.
06/20/03
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06/20/03
Like an Australian Ocean's Eleven, which is still better than an American version of The Italian Job.
06/20/03
Few opportunities are seized.
06/20/03
Top CriticA smart, frisky bauble, as funny as it is entertaining without resorting to elaborate red herrings or hoaxes.
06/20/03
A tidy thriller that marks the tight and confident directing debut of Scott Roberts, it does a surprisingly good job with undeniably familiar material.
06/19/03
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