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Was Down by Law well received by critics?
The film has a 90% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 29 reviews. A reviewer for The New York Times called it a fable of poetic density“.
Was Mystery Train a major release?
Mystery Train was released theatrically by Orion Classics under a restricted rating.

Question: What was Down by Law about?
Self-contained rewrite: What was Down by Law about?