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Small Town Crime

2017

Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms

John Hawkes, Octavia Spencer, Robert Forster, Anthony Anderson ...

6.1

637

Thriller An alcoholic ex-cop (Hawkes) finds the body of a young woman and, through an act of self-redemption, becomes hell-bent on finding the killer but unwittingly puts his family in danger and gets caught up with several dark characters along the way.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A satisfying, stale-beer crime flick that would rather get its kicks from Mike's muscle car and, eventually, from a classic scrapyard shoot-'em-up climax."	POS
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"[An] entertaining neo-noir melodrama (...) a seriously down-and-dirty crime story with a savage sense of humor."	POS
United States	Sean L. Malin Austin Chronicle	"The feature represents a notable escalation in visual and narrative assurance for these intrepid multihyphenates."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"The Nelmses don’t make enough of their more intriguing ideas (...) and end up right where you expect they would, bang bang. But Mr. Hawkes keeps you tethered"	NEU
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"Appealingly generic (...) A sufficiently satisfying, if not especially memorable, film perfect for whiling away a rainy afternoon."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	"I wish it had been a lot more fun, frankly. The movie’s tone never quite gels (...) Hawkes is the only thing that really holds it together (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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