Réalisation:
Ben AffleckPhotographie:
Robert ElswitActeurs·trices:
Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Slaine, Owen Burke, Titus Welliver, Pete Postlethwaite, Chris Cooper, Gary Galone (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Doug MacRay est un criminel impénitent, le leader de facto d’une impitoyable bande de braqueurs de banque qui s’ennorgueillit de voler à leur gré sans se faire prendre. Sans attaches particulières, Doug ne craint jamais la perte d’un être cher. Mais tout va changer le jour où, lors du dernier casse de la bande, ils prennent en otage la directrice de la banque, Claire Keesey. Bien qu’ils l’aient relâchée indemne, Claire est nerveuse car elle sait que les voleurs connaissent son nom… et savent où elle habite. Mais elle baisse la garde le jour où elle rencontre un homme discret et plutôt charmant du nom de Doug….ne réalisant pas qu’il est celui qui, quelques jours plus tôt, l’avait terrorisée. L’attraction instantanée entre eux va se transformer graduellement en une romance passionnée qui menacera de les entraîner tous deux sur un chemin dangereux et potentiellement mortel. (Warner Bros. FR)
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Critiques (10)
La version scolaire de Heat, lui-même plus orienté adultes. La distribution et le jeu des acteurs sont excellents ; l’exécution est superbe. Mais qu’est-ce que c’est cliché !
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Ben Affleck scored again for me, this time twice over. I can't even decide if he was better as an actor or director. The screenplay is admittedly corny a few times and not brimming with originality, but I still enjoyed it. I gobbled this film up from beginning to end. The action was spread out evenly and because of that there was no time for boredom. The dramatic scenes were not needlessly thrown in and the dialogue was believable enough. Additionally, I was pleased with Blake Lively's minor role and the impressive music throughout. A very strong 4 stars.
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It is more than obvious that this is Affleck looking up in awe at Mann’s Heat. And it is already clear that he definitely has the talent to film a similar, timeless masterpiece. The Town is not yet that masterpiece, not even in the extended version (I haven’t seen the regular one, but I certainly wouldn’t cut even a minute off the longer one). For that this is too much of a Heat beta version 0.5, but... But this is the only negative I can think of.
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A melancholic and technically flawless crime drama. The script is not as smart as the script of the masterpiece of the genre, Heat (but I’d rather not compare The Town with it, they are completely different), but it’s still much better than this year’s competition, which is nice. I didn’t like Ben Affleck in the main role so much (I think Jeremy Renner was more charismatic), but he did a great job as director (for instance, I haven’t seen a better car chase this year). In general, I have a problem rooting for the evil characters in films like this, and it was similar in this case. Emotionally, only the last few minutes touched me. It was nice to watch, but it didn’t surprise me at all. In short, a nice, satisfactory thriller, but nothing to write home about. Weak four stars.
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We’ve seen this scheme many times before, and sometimes better (at one point even the main character watches "the" bit on TV), but I like Affleck's sympathetic direction, which doesn't rush the archetypal characters through the plot, but without unnecessary subterfuge, matter-of-factly, and engagingly. The fact that at times it is too tightly gripped in the clenches of tired templates is unfortunate, especially in the moments when the more adept viewer can guess the next steps of the characters before they do. Regardless, that certain old-fashioned style only serves it well. I’m looking forward to Affleck's next film immensely.
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