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Created Mar 18, 2011 07:45PM PST • Edited Mar 18, 2011 07:45PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   A no-nonsense crime movie that belongs with other great Bean-town area movies. Ben Affleck does a bang-up job acting and directing in a movie that sports lots of great action, boy gets girl (sort-of), and a gritty feel that really puts you in the thick of it. The dramatic side of this thriller is also top notch highlighting crime’s effect on the uninitiated.

4. Acting

   Great 4.0

   Ben Affleck: Ah, your New England roots are up front and center – you fit the movie like a glove. Rebecca Hall would have never worked as a Bostonian – good thing her character was a toonie – nearly convincing as the gal that brings out the goodness in the career criminal. Jon Hamm – what a treat! “This not f’ing around thing is about to go both ways” – indeed – what a great role for him – a totally ruthless opposite to his Madison avenue role on TV. I always love Chris Cooper – “I’ll see ya again – this side or the other”. My out of the blue pick is Pete Postlethwaite – the wiry flower shop ring-leader.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Great 4.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    Ben does it again – I didn’t think he could follow ‘Gone Baby Gone’ – but he did. In spades.

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Sordid 2.6

17. Sex Erotic 2.6

18. Violence Brutal 2.6

19. Rudeness Profane 2.6

21. Reality

    Glib 1.7

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.7

23. Biological Glib 1.7

24. Physical Glib 1.7