The Hard Word

Name: The Hard Word
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: June 13, 2003
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 51
Cast: Damien Richardson, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Rachel Griffiths

2003

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Lions Gate Films | Release Date: June 13, 2003 | TV-MA

Starring: Damien Richardson, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Rachel Griffiths

Summary: Three prisoners are about to be released on bail -- Dale (Pearce), Mal (Richardson) and Shane (Edgerton). Meet the Twentyman brothers. Hard experience and an unspoken bond of family have made them masters of their craft -- armed robbery. It's a job and they do it because they're good at it. Their only rule is, no one gets hurt. (LionsThree prisoners are about to be released on bail -- Dale (Pearce), Mal (Richardson) and Shane (Edgerton). Meet the Twentyman brothers. Hard experience and an unspoken bond of family have made them masters of their craft -- armed robbery. It's a job and they do it because they're good at it. Their only rule is, no one gets hurt. (Lions Gate Films)… Expand

Director: Scott Roberts

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 102 min

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David Stratton

Hard-boiled entertainment in the Tarantino mold is leavened with a distinctively Aussie sense of humor in The Hard Word. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Tense and compelling, with the added charm of a mischievous spirit. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

Some of the plot points are confusingly vague, the tone lurches wildly between genres, and the film's epilogue pushes the bounds of believability - but The Hard Word could never be accused of being predictable. Read full review

David Sterritt

The film would work better if its story unfolded more swiftly and if its twists were more unexpected. The acting is solid, though. Read full review

Premiere Alex Kranz

Since the story really is about nothing more than who ends up with which bag of money, those eccentric details--that cow, the butchers' language--don't feel organic, but rather cosmetic. They're glamour to conceal the mundane. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

An Australian crime caper that's one part ''Sexy Beast,'' one part ''The Full Monty,'' and three parts very flat soda. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Aside from the obviously Australian flavor to everything -- which can be entertaining at times -- there's no X factor to justify the whole exercise. Read full review

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