Wick's Beantown Classics - ViewList (7)

Introduction

Great movies emerge from Beantown much more often than great baseball teams. Used to be both emerged more often than great football teams, but that was before Robert Kraft brought the Hoodie and Tom Terrific to the Hub. Well, unbridled success doesn't make for a great movie anyway, as the sad stories below reiterate.

Movies

• The Town (2010)

  

  GOOD Movie	92 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	GOOD Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Profane, Surreal

  
  
  

  Tags: Action, Crime, Thriller, Novel, Criminals, 2000s, Boston, FBI

• The Departed (2006)

  

  GREAT Movie	95 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	VERY GOOD Film
  Innocent, Monstrous, Vile, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Crime, Organized Crime, Police, Remake, Boston, Undercover

• Gone Baby Gone (2007)

  

  GREAT Movie	124 Trust Points
  REALLY GREAT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Thriller, Dark, Novel, Parents, Tragedy, Boston, Private Detectives

• Good Will Hunting (1997)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	80 Trust Points
  GREAT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Fiction, 1990s, Buddies, Psychiatrists, Thinkers, Boston, Tense, Romantic, Brainy, Mathematicians, Attachment Disorder

• Mystic River (2003)

  

  PERFECT Movie	92 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	REALLY GREAT Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Boston

• The Fighter (2010)

  

  REALLY GREAT Movie	88 Trust Points
  PERFECT Acting	GREAT Film
  Titillating, Fierce, Profane, Glib

  
  
  

  Tags: Drama, Biography, Dark, Funny, Guys, 1980s, Mothers, Siblings, Sons, Daughters, Boxing, Actual Events, Massachusetts, Boxers

• The Boondock Saints (1999)

  

  VERY GOOD Movie	108 Trust Points
  VERY GOOD Acting	GOOD Film
  Titillating, Brutal, Nasty, Surreal

  
  

  Tags: Action, Crime, Organized Crime, Detectives, Boston, Gays

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