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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 28 Aug 2012

Solid action fare that's less cartoonish than your average summer blockbuster…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 28 Aug 2012

Suffers through the occasional lull, but those would be much easier to forgive if they didn't also generate frequent false moments that threaten…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 28 Aug 2012

a straightforward story of a battle of wills between a lawman and a crime family where our sympathies are with the lawbreakers…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 28 Aug 2012

With his animalistic grunts, low key approach and later, stitched neckline, Tom Hardy plays Forest like Frankenstein, well meaning and protective…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 28 Aug 2012

Not much more than a mediocre experience, with momentary flashes of energy and violence that will startle viewers…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Aug 2012

This should've been a really good picture, especially with Hillcoat's crack ensemble…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 27 Aug 2012

It does not make for appealing, let alone sympathetic, heroes…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 27 Aug 2012

The salaciousness might help sell some tickets, but every character could be used better…

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By Julian Roman (454) for MovieWeb (460) on 27 Aug 2012

Lawless has its moments with a top notch cast, but is not up to par with Hillcoat's previous work…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 27 Aug 2012

An enthralling mixture of lyricism and curdled blood, the film is at once heartfelt and wrenching, quietly ominous and literally cutthroat,…

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By Matt Patches (283) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 27 Aug 2012

Lawless is a beautiful film that's violent as hell, striking in a way only unfiltered Americana could be…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 27 Aug 2012

Hardy's an exceptional actor, and LaBeouf has a certain fizzy charisma, but they each twang embarrassingly every time they have a sentence…

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By Katey Rich (412) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 27 Aug 2012

Shot through with good humor that balances out the blackness, and performances that liven up even rote plots of revenge, Lawless earns its…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for Movieline (883) on 27 Aug 2012

As rollicking and rough as a drive down a dirt road with no suspension, Lawless is a tale of three-bootlegging brothers from Prohibition-era…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 27 Aug 2012

Beautifully mounted, but generally so deliberate and moody that the excitement one expects rarely surfaces...except for Pearce, it doesn't…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 27 Aug 2012

Despite some gruesome images and the psychotic fervor of Rakes, it's a frustratingly slow boil…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 27 Aug 2012

Embarrassingly fails to illuminate real life…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 27 Aug 2012

There are too many action-movie clichés without enough dramatic purpose, and interesting themes and anecdotes are scattered around without…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 27 Aug 2012

Inauthentic, a movie pulled together by a lot of folks who had no feel for the setting or the story they were telling…

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By M. E. Russell (386) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 27 Aug 2012

The film's climax is a bit of a jumble, but by then Hillcoat has built his world so vibrantly that it hardly matters…

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