Quickie: THE TOWN

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The Town (2010)–***1/2
Quickie Review

After orchestrating a complex bank heist in Boston’s gentrifying Charlestown neighborhood, a working-class robber—and Town native—falls for the target’s young professional bank manager. An action-packed heist film with a brooding soul, this Boston crime thriller distinguishes itself from the pack thanks to a superb ensemble cast. Jeremy Renner is as electric here as he was in The Hurt Locker, this time playing a violent, unpredictable member of the crew. Other actors are effortlessly great, even when, like Blake Lively as a townie girl, they play against the type. Director and star Ben Affleck didn’t create a masterpiece, but his follow-up to Gone Baby Gone shows once again that he might just have one in him. Also starring Jon Hamm, Chris Cooper, Pete Postlethwaite, and Rebecca Hall.

The Town is now playing.