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Critics Consensus: This caper flick lacks the originality necessary to elevate it above other films of its genre.
Critic Consensus: This caper flick lacks the originality necessary to elevate it above other films of its genre.
All Critics (82) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (50) | DVD (5)
It is at most a middling effort.
The movie-jaded will dismiss The Hard Word as just another slick heist flick with a band of burglar buddies. Too bad for their cynical souls. They'll be missing a grand (theft) time.
Roberts stuffs the film with clever twists that keep us one step behind the plot, which is where you want to be in a heist picture.
Just when you think you've got it all figured out, there's another disorienting jolt.
A Tarantino-esque mishmash of tough crime cliches spit out in Aussie accents.
It's fun as far as it goes, but that isn't very far.
Undemanding derivative caper film.
A nearly unrecognizable Guy Pearce gives a solid performance in an otherwise forgettable film
You always get the feeling here that Roberts never actually knows where he's going with it.
Every heist movie trope is trotted out and given an Australian accent.
The film seems unsure what it wants to be about, only that it wants to be edgy while it's doing it.
This Aussie thriller is all about characters -- interesting characters, and several of them could hold a movie on their own.
poor heist film with silly plotting. pearce is good in the lead but the whole plan and characters are very one dimensional
Super Reviewer
I can't really think of anything good to say about this flick other then the description sounded interesting & that's the only reason I picked it up at the local library.That & I didn't have to pay for it
Watch this if ur into Snatch and Lock Stock style movies - this Aussie version is a great movie along those lines - and worth watching - If your aussie you'll get the jokes no problem.
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