The Town

The Town (2010)

  • 94% of critics liked it
    (210 reviews)

  • 83% of users liked it
    (110,251 ratings)

Boston bank robber Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) falls for a woman his gang had previously taken hostage after feigning a chance meeting with her to ensure that she can't identify them in Affleck's adaptation of author Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. The son of a tough Charlestown, MA thief, Doug… More

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R, 2 hr. 4 min.
Directed By
Ben Affleck
Written By
Ben Affleck
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Sep 17, 2010 Wide
On DVD
Dec 17, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    Affleck, often underrated as an actor, fits effortlessly into this milieu.

  • Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

    As a director, Affleck now has two home runs in two at-bats. This is one of the best movies of the year.

  • Dana Stevens, Slate

    An autopsy for The Town would list multiple causes of death.

  • Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

    Affleck's direction is clipped when the plot requires, but he lingers on character-driven scenes (at a garden, a restaurant, a corner) in no apparent rush. Why hurry, after all? He's arrived.

  • A.O. Scott, New York Times

    Essential viewing for connoisseurs of dropped r's, close-cropped hair and aerial views of the city that used to call itself the hub of the universe.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    Reminded me of the Inside Man and the Bandits. Ben Affleck plays a bad guy. He is a bank robber who seeks out a bank manager whom his gang had taken hostage in a robbery. Long drawn out and violent movie.

  • shahmeer h


    The Town, is simple words, is not what I expected. In a so-so way. I guess what I did was expect way to much out of a movie that was supposed to be taken as an average film, but when you saw it you experienced something else. What I supposedly thought was that this film was an amazing… More

  • Jason C


    "The Town" is outstanding. In fact, I think that I enjoyed it more the second time that I watched it. It has everything that you could possibly ask for in an action movie. It offers suspense, good writing, unforgiving characters, and a healthy dose of violence. If this… More

  • xGary X


    A crew of professional thieves are threatened by the FBI agent pursuing them when he realises that the gang's mastermind has engaged in a relationship with a potential witness. I was extremely impressed with Ben Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone and was looking… More

  • Clintus M


    In the mold of his earlier Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck's The Town delivers powerful performances in an authentic style. This was one of the best films of 2010; Affleck has really found his niche. He's credible in his role here; I've seen better acting but not much… More

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