The Town (2010)
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 211
Fresh: 198 | Rotten: 13
Tense, smartly written, and wonderfully cast, The Town proves that Ben Affleck has rediscovered his muse -- and that he's a director to be reckoned with.
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 4
Tense, smartly written, and wonderfully cast, The Town proves that Ben Affleck has rediscovered his muse -- and that he's a director to be reckoned with.
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Boston bank robber Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) falls for a woman his gang had previously taken hostage after feigning a chance meeting with her to ensure that she can't identify them in Affleck's adaptation of author Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. The son of a tough Charlestown, MA thief, Doug passed on his chance to walk the straight and narrow in favor of becoming a career bank robber. Not only is Doug's crew one of the most ruthless in Boston, but they're also one of the best; they
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Cast
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Ben Affleck
Doug MacRay -
Rebecca Hall
Claire Keesey -
Jon Hamm
FBI S.A. Adam Frawley -
Jeremy Renner
James Coughlin -
Blake Lively
Krista Coughlin -
Slaine Jenkins
Albert "Gloansy" Magloa... -
Owen Burke
Desmond Elden -
Titus Welliver
Dino Ciampa -
Pete Postlethwaite
Fergus "Fergie" Colm -
Chris Cooper
Stephen MacRay -
Dennis McLaughlin
Rusty -
Corena Chase
Agent Quinlan -
Brian Scannell
Henry -
Kerri Dunbar
Henry's Girl -
Tony V.
Vericom Crew Chief -
Isaac Bordoy
Alex Colazzo -
Michael Yebba
Beacon G.I. Joe Driver -
Daniel Woods
BPD Sergeant at Krista'... -
Jimmy Joe Maher
Inside Man at Fenway -
Mark Berglund
Young Security Guard -
Ralph Boutwell
Cashcom Guard -
Michael Romig
Cashcom Guard -
Michael Malvesti
Atlantic Truck Courier -
Jack Neary
Arnold Washton -
Edward O'Keefe
Morton Previt -
Joe Lawler
Task Force Agent Conlan -
Ben Hanson
FBI SWAT Team Leader -
Brian A. White
FBI SWAT #1 -
Richard Caines
FBI SWAT #2 -
Frank Garvin
Police Captain -
Danny Ring
Cop Giving Statement -
Gary Galone
Internal Affairs Office... -
David Catanzaro
Fenway Detective -
Jeremiah Kissel
Claire's Lawyer -
Malik McMullen
Plain Clothed FBI Agent -
Charles C. Winchester III
Gate D Police Officer -
Adam J. Husband
Gate D Police Officer -
Susan Rawlinson
NA Speaker -
Sean Locke
NA Speaker -
Peter Looney
NA Speaker -
Lennin Pena
Colazzo's Friend -
James McKittrick
Cop Who Looks Away -
Ted Arcidi
Cedar Junction C.O. -
Bryan Connolly
Cedar Junction C.O. Vis... -
Quan Liang Chen
Monument Laundry Owner -
Alex Winston
Police Photographer -
Michael F. Murphy
Michael Houlihan -
Michele Cressinger
Margie -
Kimberly Mahoney
Warren Tavern Waitress -
Bobby Curcuro
Man in Harvard Square -
Ginaya Greene
Krista's Friend -
Nicole Page
Krista's Friend -
Georgia Lyman
Neptune's Waitress -
Robert Boyden
Vericom Empoyee -
Jamie Ghazarian
Dancer at Foxy Lady -
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All Critics (211) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (199) | Rotten (13) | DVD (2)
Affleck, often underrated as an actor, fits effortlessly into this milieu.
Top CriticFeels all but indistinguishable from the thousands of similar films that have blazed a trail before it.
As a director, Affleck now has two home runs in two at-bats. This is one of the best movies of the year.
An autopsy for The Town would list multiple causes of death.
Affleck's direction is clipped when the plot requires, but he lingers on character-driven scenes (at a garden, a restaurant, a corner) in no apparent rush. Why hurry, after all? He's arrived.
Essential viewing for connoisseurs of dropped r's, close-cropped hair and aerial views of the city that used to call itself the hub of the universe.
One of the great modern heist pictures.
Action can be difficult for someone not experienced with it. Yet, Affleck shows that he's more than up to the task.
'The Town' hits not one false note, despite a plot that easily could have come across as contrived.
Because this all revolves around Affleck, The Town is a curiosity; directed by him under another name and it would be forgettable.
Ben Affleck may not be his generation's best actor, but he is quickly becoming one of its best directors.
If it just stuck to its guns The Town would be a fun, engaging heist film, but by reaching for more it ends up achieving less.
The Town isn't original in any sense of the word, but Affleck does a marvelous job executing all of the pieces and is easily one of the best films of 2010.
A grade A crime thriller.
One of those rare cases that the previews are actually as good as the movie.
A film can only be as riveting as its ability to have the audience believe or suspend belief, and though The Town takes steps toward authenticity, it fails to meet even the basic requirements of plausibility.
A crime thriller that is good more of the time than it's not, but suffers from the fact it should've been great.
A solid crime drama, with shades of Michael Mann's Heat, but a sluggish pace and meandering middle drag things down a little.
... a well-tooled thriller with a tough edge and an impressive professionalism.
The movie's thrills are old-fashioned and assured.
...may not be the most momentous or thought-provoking film around, but for me it was one of the most entertaining movies of the year. (Blu-ray Combo Edition)
Despite its gritty feel and appearance, it's a romantic heist picture at heart.
The cast is uniformly game, restrained, earthy, and will probably prove superior to at least half of those nominated for Oscars next year.
full review at Movies for the Masses
Ben Affleck has matured as an actor and serves up what is arguably his best performance to date.
...the familiarity of the storyline is rarely as problematic as one might've anticipated...
Audience Reviews for The Town
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- Doug MacRay: Hey, Fergie. Remember who clipped your nuts for you.
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- Doug MacRay: No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done.
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- Doug MacRay: Rusty. Something went wrong. Come here. [Rusty leans in and Doug shoots him in the head]
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- Doug MacRay: Everyday people wake up and say they're going to change their lives but never do. I'm making a change.
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- Doug MacRay: Who the fuck do you think you are? You wanna let me or not let me do shit, alright? Here's a little fucking cheat sheet for ya: it's never gonna be me, and you, and your sista', and Shyne, fucking playin' 'House' up there! Alright? You got it? Get that in your fuckin' head!
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- Doug MacRay: I need your help. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.
- James Coughlin: Whose car are we gonna take?
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Foreign Titles
- The Town - Stadt ohne Gnade (DE)
- The Town. Ciudad de ladrones (ES)
