confidently directed and very well acted

Rating: 7/10 (14 October 2010)

The Town seems to have a plot as generic as the title but it's a delight for sure, a studio picture offering interesting characters situations and characters. Ben Affleck, both as lead actor and as director, gets to create much adrenaline in a first-rate ensemble. In this story he projects a blend of violence, sadness and discontent that depicts wonderfully the Irish mob of Boston. At the same time the other characters are much more involved than they appear at first. Ben Affleck hasn't certainly overloaded The Town with action, but hasn't avoided it totally. Overall Boston's narrow streets and some Irish faces streets give perfectly the idea of a declining criminal environment.