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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Ben Affleck
Writers (WGA):
Ben Affleck (screenplay) &
Aaron Stockard (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
19 October 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
Everyone Wants The Truth... Until They Find It. more
Plot:
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally. Based on the Dennis Lehane novel. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 19 wins & 8 nominations more
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(182 articles)
The Guidelines: Random notes from pop culture
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10 closest Oscar races in the past 20 years
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User Comments:
Into the depths more (356 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Casey Affleck ... Patrick Kenzie

Michelle Monaghan ... Angie Gennaro

Morgan Freeman ... Jack Doyle

Ed Harris ... Remy Bressant

John Ashton ... Nick Poole

Amy Ryan ... Helene McCready

Amy Madigan ... Bea McCready
Titus Welliver ... Lionel McCready
Michael K. Williams ... Devin (as Michael Kenneth Williams)

Edi Gathegi ... Cheese

Mark Margolis ... Leon Trett

Madeline O'Brien ... Amanda McCready

Slaine ... Bubba

Trudi Goodman ... Roberta Trett

Matthew Maher ... Corwin Earle
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, drug content and pervasive language.
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View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Africa:16LV | USA:R (certificate #43431) | Taiwan:R-18 | Germany:16 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:R21 | France:-12 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | Norway:15 | Italy:VM14 | Brazil:16 | Netherlands:16 | Israel:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Ireland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more
Company:
LivePlanet more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ben Affleck's first screenwriting credit since his Oscar win for Good Will Hunting (1997). more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: When Patrick and Angela meet Detectives Brassant and Poole for the first time in the diner, they are going over the rap sheet for Roberta Trent. She had some charges in Lawrence and Lowell where the ZIP codes were listed 02114, which is the ZIP code for Boston. Lawrence and Lowell's ZIP codes start with 01 (i.e 01843) more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Patrick Kenzie: I always believed it was the things you don't choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they'd accomplished. The bodies around their souls, the cities wrapped around those...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Nature of the Beast more

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User Comments

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111 out of 151 people found the following comment useful.
Into the depths, 20 October 2007
9/10
Author: mikekuch from United States

It's become a hobby of mine this past year to watch IMDb's top 250, AFI's top 100 and all Oscar winning (and most nominated) films. I've seen over 100 films in just the past year alone, but I am struggling to think of a film that I enjoyed more.

The performances are outstanding. All of the characters- including the city itself - are filled with depth and ambiguity. Like a previous post mentioned, Amy Ryan did a phenomenal job as Helene, not only do I know many people like her, I'm related to some. I didn't even recognize her from her wonderful performance in the Wire.

The questions that this movie asks as it unfolds do not get answered in by the closing credits, and they still aren't answered as I type. Who was right? Is there a right answer? Morgan Freeman- the greatest actor alive- and Ed Harris give standard upper echelon performances. But I was surprised by Michelle Monaghan and especially Casey Affleck. He didn't flinch, and he didn't compromise his ideals, but in the end compromised nonetheless. I hope he gets a nomination.

Ben Affleck lost my favor somewhere around the time he began to cry in Armageddon, and I haven't taken him seriously since. But his achievement here, the pace, the mood, the spot on capturing of the desolate neighborhood, and the overall story leads me to anxiously await his next directorial effort.

The best film I've seen in years.

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