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Sep 15, 2010 · In "The Town," Ben Affleck plays Doug MacRay, the next generation of a bank-robbing family in the Boston area of Charlestown. This square mile, we're told, contains more thieves and bank robbers than anyplace else in the country. It's a family trade, like cobbling or the law.
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. Read critic reviews
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Sep 17, 2010 · The Town: Directed by Ben Affleck. With Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner. A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold an assistant manager hostage.
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The Town... The movie is good, no doubt about it. It was well-acted, well-written, and all around just a fantastic movie. Problem is, albeit the fantastic directing, it's contrived. I say that with a sense of greatness though, because although being this, is actually does it in a good way. Ben Affleck - yeah, the actor! - directs, and deserves ...
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The Townportrays four close friends Douglas "Doug" MacRay (Ben Affleck), James “Jimmy" Coughlin (Jeremy Renner), Desmond "Dez" Elden (Owen Burke), and Albert "Gloansy" MacGloan (George Carroll), from the rough neighborhood of Charlestown, Boston who gravitate to a life of crime and eventually become bank robbers. Doug’s history in the film is rathe...
The first heist depicted in the film is the Grim Reaper job. The crew hit a bank and Jimmy takes the bank manager Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall) hostage, although he then releases her unharmed. Doug follows Claire to try and understand how much information she’s given the police after finding out that she lives in their neighborhood and a romance soo...
The entire storyline of the film, despite primarily being a heist movie, takes a slight detour with a romancethat develops between Claire and Doug. Doug begins to talk to Claire after Jimmy takes her hostage and releases her, and they share their history as Doug explains to her that he nearly made it as an ice hockey player who almost got drafted b...
The rough streets of Charlestown and the venality of the Boston underworld come to the fore in the movie, as Doug, Jimmy, and their crew pull not one but three heists in total while the underpinning theme of finding it difficult to let go of their troubled past & being unable to start fresh, along with the parallel storyline of Doug’s love for Clai...
The ending of the film is rather touching, as it is heartbreaking, as Doug finally leaves Charlestown and moves to Florida but not before leaving Claire an entire bag of cash from his cut from the Fenway job. The film ends with Doug leaving Claire a letter telling her to take the money because she’d do a lot better with it than him. The final shots...
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All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson. While it's not as epic and well-acted as "Heat" and nowhere near as visceral as "The Departed,"...
Sep 17, 2010 · Movie Reviews. 4.5 star movies. 'The Town' is a must-see crime thriller which proves yet again that Ben Affleck is a talented director who is somewhere on the verge of greatness.
