The Town sets aside stylish thriller tropes in favour of realism, which makes the action scenes a lot more visceral and the characters rougher round the edges.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The Town sets aside stylish thriller tropes in favour of realism, which makes the action scenes a lot more visceral and the characters rougher round the edges.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One might call it a car crash of a film but whiplash would be preferable to viewing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One might call it a car crash of a film but whiplash would be preferable to viewing it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

In Gone Baby Gone, Affleck transposes Dennis Lehane’s searing novel about child abduction to the big screen without sacrificing either its dark mood or moral ambivalence.

~ The Exile -

In Gone Baby Gone, Affleck transposes Dennis Lehane’s searing novel about child abduction to the big screen without sacrificing either its dark mood or moral ambivalence.

~ The Exile -

Affleck knows how to keep a tight grip on a story, gets better at ratcheting tension with every film, and displays a fearlessness when it comes to mixing genre.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Affleck knows how to keep a tight grip on a story, gets better at ratcheting tension with every film, and displays a fearlessness when it comes to mixing genre.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

With another cast this would be an also ran, but Bateman, Tucker, Damon and Davis all put their backs into it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

With another cast this would be an also ran, but Bateman, Tucker, Damon and Davis all put their backs into it.

~ Andrew Robertson -