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The Town

The Town

Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.
  • You remind me so much of Jen!

Ben Affleck's second outing as director is a gritty crime drama set in Boston. The capital of America's bank robbery industry, the film follows a young second-generation bank robber. After a successful heist, the gang kidnap and then release a young woman, who turns out to live in the area. The leader decides to befriend her just to make sure she did not recognise any of his crew, and they unexpectedly fall in love ... a situation which offers him a way out of his life of crime, but which is fraught with danger for both of them.


123 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Violence)
Crime, Drama, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast
Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Peter Postlethwaite
Director
Ben Affleck
ScreenplayPeter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard, from the novel by Chuck Hogan
MusicDavid Buckley, Harry Gregson-Williams
CinematographyRobert Elswit
EditingDylan Tichenor
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2010
Produced byWarner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, GK Films, Thunder Road Pictures

Official Site | IMDB page | FPB Report | ScreenIt Report
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FPB Report (SA)
GenreCrime, drama
LanguageStrong, crude, vulgar, abusive, frequent
NudityVery brief scene of semi-nude, no close-up
SexStrong sex simulations, kissing, suggestive sounds, infrequent
ViolenceFairly strong intense physical and psychological violence, bloody, brutal, cold blooded, high impact
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemySome religious profanities
Drug abuseImplied cocaine addiction, forced addiction, cocaine and cocktail of drugs, infrequent
CommentsNone
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
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Profanity
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Alcohol / DrugsSmokingDisrespectful /
Bad Attitude
Imitative BehaviourFrightening /
Tense Scenes
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Ratings
Scale (Max)20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith quote icon 15
Cape Times10
International Media
Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond quote icon 18
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert15
eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson quote icon 10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli quote icon 15
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs quote icon 12
Metacritic.com42 critics15
RottenTomatoes.com202 critics15
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer quote icon 19
Internet (IMDB)36554 Netizens quote icon 16
Average .. 73%15


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