What Doesn't Kill You
Yari Film Group Releasing | Release Date: December 12, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
The Hollywood ReporterPeter Brunette
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 full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A tough, authentic street drama born, bred, and shot in the no-spin zone of working-class South Boston. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
The overfamiliarity of What Doesn't Kill You is redeemed by a full-scale performance from Mark Ruffalo. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
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 full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Like "The Departed" and "Gone Baby Gone," What Doesn't Kill You is an engrossing, gritty, sharply written and well-acted drama set on the mean streets of South Boston. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Goodman doesn't allow even a hint of postmodernism or self-consciousness to creep into What Doesn't Kill You, and though the movie's various heists and shootouts are gripping, they aren't especially kinetic or stylish. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSam Adams
Ruffalo's feral vulnerability gives the familiar form a jolt. Read full review
70
Film ThreatScott Mendelson
It is worth seeking out for a brutally honest, achingly realistic, and emotionally compelling look at the other side of petty crime – the slow, painful path to legitimacy. Read full review
63
New York PostLou Lumenick
This is a rare case of a movie that improves dramatically as it goes along. Read full review
40
Village VoiceNicolas Rapold
Goodman's movie tends to limp along. Read full review
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