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The Town

Welcome to the bank robbery capital of America.

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.

Credits

Cast

Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Peter Postlethwaite

Director

Ben Affleck

Screenplay

Peter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard, from the novel by Chuck Hogan

Music

David Buckley, Harry Gregson-Williams

Cinematography

Robert Elswit

Editing

Dylan Tichenor

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2010

Produced by

Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, GK Films, Thunder Road Pictures

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Crime, drama
Language	Strong, crude, vulgar, abusive, frequent
Nudity	Very brief scene of semi-nude, no close-up
Sex	Strong sex simulations, kissing, suggestive sounds, infrequent
Violence	Fairly strong intense physical and psychological violence, bloody, brutal, cold blooded, high impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Some religious profanities
Drug abuse	Implied cocaine addiction, forced addiction, cocaine and cocktail of drugs, infrequent
Comments	None
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)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith Afflek's unaffected, down and dirty flick

Cape Times

International Media

Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond A must-see if EVER there was one.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson While it all makes for an above-average Hollywood crime story, The Town is ultimately more mouth than muscle.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli Compared to other, recent crime dramas, this one stands higher not only because of the quality of the performances but because of the nuances evident in the characters.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Little of it's new, but it's all handled quite capably and then some, meaning you won't feel robbed of your time and/or money by watching it. Let's just hope Ben feels the same way and keeps making movies set in Beantown.

Metacritic.com42 critics

RottenTomatoes.com202 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer 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.

Internet (IMDB)36554 Netizens Ben Affleck has his comeback.

Average .. 73%

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