Review of Lawless (2012) by James S — 15 Apr 2014

Great movie.. I watch it over and over...

This review of Lawless (2012) was written by James S on 15 Apr 2014.

Lawless has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Lawless

Review of Lawless (2012)

By The3Academysins (492) on 01 Jan 2019

Beautifully shot, masterfully acted, and fun to watch, Lawless tells the sordid tale of moonshining brothers during the American Prohibition…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Dylan F (275) on 04 Nov 2018

Fierce, taut, ruthless, masterful is all just the tip of what's a magnificent gangster flick with the best cast you could think of…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By John M (4,356) on 06 Jul 2016

A little long winded perhaps - and holds itself up to something it's not - but enjoyable none-the-less…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Don S (1,504) on 28 May 2016

Big Dale's recommendation of this movie was spot on. Despite the violence, I still enjoy seeing movies about my home area…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Shiftworker (77) on 30 Nov 2016

Violent drama. A backwoods bootlegging outfit struggle against city gangsters and corrupt cops…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Terence Johnson (47) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 25 Aug 2018

The MVP of the film is most certainly Jessica Chastain…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By James Z (387) on 18 Sep 2017

The movie engages you just enough to be emotionally attached for the big finale... Lawless could possibly rack up some rewards…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Sam J (457) on 04 Nov 2018

Fierce, taut, ruthless, masterful is all just the tip of what's a magnificent gangster flick with the best cast you could think of…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Mark H (1,764) on 24 Jul 2016

**** Expertly crafted by John Hillcoat, Lawless has great performances, particularly that of Guy Pearce, and feels like a love letter to the…

Read Review

Review of Lawless (2012)

By Gavin P (778) on 22 May 2016

Bootlegging in its true traditional meaning, girls, guns and a lot of violence…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Absolute Power (1997)

By Charles Taylor (365) for Salon.com (2,725) on 09 Oct 2009

The embodiment of every conservative paranoid's slathering fantasies about Paula Jones, Vince Foster and Whitewater…

Read Review

Review of The Outsiders (1983)

By Chespinj (3) on 25 Jan 2014

So stupiD! The book is even worse. I am being super super super super super nice with this review! it is aSo stupiD…

Read Review

Review of Scarface (1983)

By Deadanothink (7) on 24 Jul 2014

I didn't realize that this is a movie til minute 40 of movie. CAN THIS BE MORE BORING? Is this a good gangster movie…

Read Review

Review of Oliver Twist (2005)

By Prudencek. (4) on 23 Sep 2005

Frightening! That was very disturbing. Don't see it! I'm telling you that you'll be sorry…

Read Review

Review of The Godfather (1972)

By Ryann. (5) on 01 Sep 2006

I HATE this movie. What a load of boring drivel. From the beginning to the end, this film neither exited or engaged me…

Read Review

Review of The Godfather Part II (1974)

By Jca (11) on 07 Oct 2007

Holy crap this movie sucked…

Read Review

Review of American History X (1998)

By Sorry_I_Suck (3) on 25 Jul 2018

In order to get ready for Infinity War, I decided to watch all the Marvel movies leading up to it…

Read Review

Review of Léon: The Professional (1994)

By Slevin (1) on 15 Nov 2005

A farfetched, hollow tear-jerker A story so full of holes you could use it to catch fish…

Read Review

Review of The Experiment (2001)

By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert (105) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 31 Aug 2006

Too much of a mess to say anything with assurance, pieced together as it is from mismatched institutional movies such as Cool Hand Luke and…

Read Review

Review of Metropolis (1927)

By Freddofazbeardo (17) on 12 Apr 2020

I thought this was a good movie, but it was not like that, anyway, the story was boring and I felt weird to see it…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Lawless

2012

70%900 Reviews

Carousel

1956

59%157 Reviews

Campfire

2004

61%21 Reviews

Pokiri

2006

82%22 Reviews

Desert Saints

2002

65%28 Reviews

The Substitute

2007

67%51 Reviews

Max

2002

64%180 Reviews

All Is Lost

2013

70%951 Reviews

The Kingdom

1994

70%615 Reviews

Vendetta

2013

51%22 Reviews