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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 27 Aug 2014

Schechter's done a great job corralling the country clubs, Cadillacs, Colonials, Caribbean condos and costumes of the 1970s but its his cast…

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By Jon Niccum (520) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 27 Aug 2014

Life of Crime may have a hard-boiled title, but this comedic thriller provides rather innocent amusement…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 27 Aug 2014

Life of Crime feels like a rambling car ride through the countryside with friends…

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By Kristin Tillotson (85) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 27 Aug 2014

Despite its sluggish intervals, Life of Crime satisfies in the end, just when you fear it'll peter out…

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By Steve Macfarlane (121) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 27 Aug 2014

Down to its too-crisp rubber Nixon masks, Daniel Schechter's film revels in obnoxiously self-aware period detail…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 27 Aug 2014

Mostly, it's fine. The acting is fine. The writing is fine. The story is fine. There are a few laughs. And that should be fine enough…

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By Michael Ordoña (350) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 27 Aug 2014

Well-made and -acted, especially by Hawkes and Fisher, if it's not exactly gripping or noir-ish…

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By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 27 Aug 2014

This cast is capable of better work, and feels wasted on this dud of a script…

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By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 26 Aug 2014

A pitch-perfect adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, Life of Crime captures the author's trademark mix of simmering tension and black comedy…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 26 Aug 2014

Ultimately it’s the cast, more than the crime, that gives this story life…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 25 Aug 2014

This one belongs to the women: As a gold-digging mistress, Isla Fisher does half-smart expertly, while Jennifer Aniston demonstrates her underrated…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 25 Aug 2014

A solid, middle-of-the-road Leonard adaptation that lacks the singularity to be something more…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 25 Aug 2014

Life of Crime is lesser-Leonard, an all-star kidnapping comedy that manages to “Be Cool” even if the filmmaker never quite finds the grim…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 19 Aug 2014

Easily the best Leonard adaptation since Out of Sight…

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By Dominic Mill (48) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 16 Jul 2014

A promising cast, a zany concept and a lead eager to cast off her type-cast shackles don't add up to much in Life of Crime, as it ultimately…

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By Jimmy H (444) on 16 Sep 2013

Based on a book by Elmore Leonard, who unfortunately died before the film was complete, this movie focuses on a kidnapping gone wrong…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 14 Sep 2013

Thing is, though, for anyone familiar with the Tarantino film, this less remarkable picture will totally seem like a prequel, peering back…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Sep 2013

Flavorful yet brisk like the book, Life of Crime loses some of its source material’s character development as well as a few minor narrative…

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By Catherine Shoard (160) for Guardian (4,584) on 11 Sep 2013

It gleams with a faintly-tacky, country club sheen, as if it'd been sheep-dipped in essence of 70s and come out feeling peachy…

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