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By Jake Coyle (526) for Associated Press (1,685) on 26 Jul 2011

In a cinema world so awash in either corporate flatness or high-art pretension, The Guard is a proud, foul-mouthed exception…

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By Nick Pinkerton (448) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Jul 2011

One senses that The Guard is McDonagh's eulogy for the brusque, warts-and-all character of a passing generation of tough, working-class Irishmen,…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 25 Jul 2011

Scabrous, profane, violent, verbally adroit and often hilarious, this twisted and exceptionally accomplished variation on the buddy-cop format…

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By Alison Willmore (681) for Time Out (7,510) on 25 Jul 2011

In narrative terms, it's mostly an excuse to work in a trio of crooks whose banter may be even better than that of our hero; Mark Strong's…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 24 Jul 2011

Only Boyle's unstoppable tendency to mouth off sustains the routine plot, but McDonagh pushes the limits of what he can make Gleeson say without…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 24 Jul 2011

[VIDEO] With a pinch of Trainspotting irreverence and a dose of Pulp Fiction social satire, debut director John Michael McDonagh cobbles together…

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By Brandon Judell (340) for CultureCatch (133) on 23 Jul 2011

After the screening of The Guard, a retired British schoolmarm from Leicestershire, who stays with me annually whether I desire it or not,…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 23 Jul 2011

Gleeson and Cheadle are a pair of sharply matched pros who pour their heart into a narrow range of riffs and mannerisms that take the place…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Jul 2011

A crusty jewel of a performance by Brendan Gleeson goes a long way toward enlivening an otherwise routine tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 22 Jul 2011

Don Cheadle is Brendan Gleeson's ideal fish-out-of-water foil…

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By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 13 Jul 2011

Brendan Gleeson's inevitable march towards Oscar's podium has taken a few great big f***ing leaps forward thanks to John Michael McDonagh's…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 14 Jun 2011

Impressively directed and sharply written, this is an engaging and frequently very funny comedy-thriller with a terrific central performance…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 12 Jun 2011

McDonagh takes what could be a hackneyed tale of mismatched buddy cops and spins it to blisteringly funny effect…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 28 Apr 2011

The Guard is John Michael McDonagh's caustically funny riff on cop and crime films…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for UGO (350) on 28 Apr 2011

We're never quite sure if our hero is the smartest man in the room, or a disgusting racist with a Clouseau-esque knack for careening into victory…

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By Dan Fienberg (310) for HitFix (861) on 22 Jan 2011

The Guard is a fish-out-of-water story, an upside-down Irish Western, a crime drama, a diabolically self-aware comedy and a marvelously acted…

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