The Town REVIEW

- by Joey

Long have been the days since we’ve seen a really good film, so I’d like to keep this review simple and short. I’m not going to try to sum up the story in this review because you can find that elsewhere. I’m just going to sum up my opinion about it.
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What we liked:
>Ben Affleck’s directing. It’s realistically ominous, confidant, and artistic without being too “artsy”.

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>I thought Ben did the best acting as well. Jeremy Renner did a fair job also, and I like him in general, but I think he gets too close to over-acting in this one.
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>Not much background music.
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>Character-driven, not “explosive driven”.
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>R rated. Now what I’m saying is: it’s TRUTHFUL.

I’m pretty sure that a group of guys who rob banks and money-trucks in Boston would say a curse word more than once. That’s incredibly important to me. The Town was very refreshing in that sense.

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>No annoying “What are you doing? Stop that!” hissy fits during the robbing and action scenes. They were professional.
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What we didn’t like:

>Jon Hamm’s acting. He may be better in other things, but I got no emotion out of him here. He kind of just emitted a dry, comic-villain vibe.

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>Gunshots were quiet and rather fake sounding.

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I think that’s it.
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The Town went all the way to North Carolina Avenue! Now go watch it!