What Doesn't Kill You
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- Synopsis
- Inspired by his own tough childhood on the unforgiving streets of South Boston, director/co-screenwriter (along with Paul T. Murray and Donnie Wahlberg) Brian Goodman's tough-talking crime drama follows the journey of two childhood friends as they ......
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- Starring
- Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Goodman
- Director(s)
- Brian Goodman
- Distributor(s)
- Yari Film Group
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min.
Critic Reviews
With Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke registering personal bests in the performance category as well as playing magnificently and ultraconvincingly off each other, What Doesn't Kill You, a true story that is powerful and completely riveting from beginning to end.Read the full review
A tough, authentic street drama born, bred, and shot in the no-spin zone of working-class South Boston.Read the full review
It tells a good story well, and in the process quietly says a little something about what it means to look at the American dream from the bottom up.Read the full review
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Film review: What Doesnt Kill You
12/18/08 If Brian Goodman's autobiographical South Boston crime drama What Doesn't Kill You hadn't arrived so soon after The Departed , Gone Baby Gone , and the New York-set Before The Devil Knows You're Dead , it might've seemed a lot fresher, and maybe even revelatory. | The A.V. Club