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The Town

Movie · 2010 · 124 min

A tense, gritty crime drama that mixes hard-boiled heist action with a melancholy, doomed romance, all set in a working-class Boston enclave.

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2010 film directed by Ben Affleck
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Year
2010
Runtime
124 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • loyalty
  • betrayal
  • redemption
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, heist, crime thriller
Directed by
Ben Affleck
Written by
Ben Affleck, Peter Craig
Starring
Jeremy Renner, Ben Affleck, Blake Lively, Rebecca Hall, Chris Cooper, Pete Postlethwaite, Jon Hamm, Victor Garber
Music
Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley
Cinematography
Robert Elswit
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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