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By Blake Howard (505) for 2UE That Movie Show (314) on 08 Oct 2012

Lawless is by no means a bad film, it's just a recipe with great ingredients that didn't fully deliver…

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By Patrick Kolan (76) for Shotgun Cinema (49) on 07 Oct 2012

As you'd expect from that kind of artistic pedigree, 'Lawless' is a well-oiled production that knows exactly what kind of film it is: a classic…

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By Ed Gibbs (248) for The Sun Herald (86) on 06 Oct 2012

John Hillcoat's tale of Prohibition bootleggers boasts excellent performances, but doesn't feel as focused or nuanced as The Proposition (his…

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By Paul Chambers (522) for Movie Chambers (386) on 04 Oct 2012

Tom Hardy leads a great ensemble cast in this story of a rural family reaching out for the American dream by giving America what it wanted…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 04 Oct 2012

A compelling, authentic eye-popping tale with a worthy and ready cast that forces any of the film's flaws to the back burner…

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By Sam Bathe (186) for Fan The Fire (489) on 29 Sep 2012

One of the standout movies of the year, never mind the summer…

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By Ben Kendrick (300) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 26 Sep 2012

Lawless may not entirely live up to the sum of all its celebrated parts but it succeeds in telling a riveting 'true life' historical drama…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 24 Sep 2012

if you can take it, there's good stuff here…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 19 Sep 2012

It offers an anti-romanticized history in which the violence is more brutal, the characters more deplorable, and the vengeance downright Biblical…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Sep 2012

Seems to have been cut on a tight deadline: Gangster Gary Oldman all but disappears after his Tommy gun-blazing entrance, and Jessica Chastain…

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By Neil Pond (477) for American Profile (252) on 13 Sep 2012

Like the kickapoo hillbilly brew slow-cooking in one of the Bondurant stills, it packs a punch that may be thrilling to some, but possibly…

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By Kristian Harloff (339) for Schmoes Know (710) on 13 Sep 2012

If you go in expecting full-on action you may be disappointed, but I did enjoy both the action and the slower beats, and for that I'm giving…

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By Mark Ellis (362) for Schmoes Know (710) on 13 Sep 2012

Bane leading the charge, the movie had a Public Enemies vibe to it…

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By Brian Henry Martin (100) for UTV (100) on 12 Sep 2012

However, the most disturbing sight in the whole movie is Guy Pearce's greasy middle parting…

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By Jonathan Lack (87) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 12 Sep 2012

Lawless is a failure…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 12 Sep 2012

Measured performances from the leading triumvirate of LaBeouf, Hardy and Pearce wet the whistle but there's no long finish…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 11 Sep 2012

Kind of like Lawless, a movie about bootleggers more violently authentic than previous takes on the subject, from Thunder Road to the first…

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By Glenn Lovell (434) for CinemaDope (253) on 09 Sep 2012

the best Michael Cimino film not directed by Cimino…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 09 Sep 2012

Casting and acting here leave nothing to be desired -- to say nothing about rich cinematography and deeply drawn characters seen from dual…

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By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 08 Sep 2012

It's a slow, painterly movie with sudden, sustained outbursts of violence…

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