Average

Rating: 6/10 (17 December 2010)

I did really like Ben Affleck's director debut "Gone Baby Gone" from 2007. I always thought he was just another "Good looking guy" and nothing else, but I was wrong. He could actually direct.
"The Town" is not bad at all. But it's also nothing more than that. An average movie, with average acting, the cool environment of Charlestowns tougher areas and loads of bank robbing clichés. It's the: "The crew teams up for one last big heist" kind of story. And some love problems between the heists. Jeremy Renner is the one that really stands out, and I thought his performance was really good. There is also a very cool and realistic looking car chase during the gangs second heist. Ben Affleck does his thing, and plays the kindhearted macho guy, who just wants to leave everything and start over with his girlfriend. Blake Lively is probably playing herself... Or Lindsay Lohan.
Not good, not bad. 6/10