What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Brian Goodman

Writers:

Brian Goodman (writer)
Paul T. Murray (writer)

Release Date:

10 September 2009 (Portugal)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Everyone has a choice. Every choice has a consequence.

Plot:

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.

Plot Keywords:

Boston | Friendship | Letter | Murder | Boston Massachusetts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Mark Ruffalo	...	Brian Reilly
Ethan Hawke	...	Paulie McDougan
Amanda Peet	...	Stacy Reilly
Will Lyman	...	Sully
Brian Goodman	...	Pat Kelly
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Detective Moran
Angela Featherstone	...	Katie
Edward Lynch	...	Jackie (as Eddie Lynch)
Michael Yebba	...	Roundman / Old Lady
Brian Connolly	...	Sean
Nathaniel Smyth	...	Mark (5 Years Old)
Oscar Wahlberg	...	Mark (10 Years Old)
Thomas Regan	...	Young Paulie
Jean-Pierre Serret	...	Young Brian
George Khoury	...	Delivery Man

Also Known As:

Real Men Cry (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, drug use, some violence and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:18A (Toronto International Film Festival) | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Battleplan Productions

Trivia:

The movie is based on Brian Goodman's own life up to the mid 1990s.

Soundtrack:

Funktastic Galactical Rock

a crazy movie!

if you haven't seen this one yet, you just got to. Ethan and Mark (mainly Ethan) simply gets into his part performing a spectacular figure with motives seems to be invented by him! his "acting" is so real, it doesn't seem at all he's there but rather invented a figure which he remarkably fits into while making the watcher really want to watch and understand it. Mark isn't put on the side by it though, they both fit into the script as two guys actually been there, it actually gives the viewer the feeling, he's not watching a movie but rather there is a cam' following these people life's though with all the film quality coming with'at. you do not feel swollen into it cause its not really a story but rather a following through the life of those two guys, even due, those almost 2 hours pass as if they were fifteen minutes and u actually can't believe, the film is ended at that. thats maybe the only deficite, cause u wished it would hold you for another hour and a half, going through they're experiences which you can't even go on without after the movie is done. this is maybe one of the best movies ever seen a specially due to Ethan's part, through some scenes are simply unbelievable, it is just to hard to be explained by words - that. it got 8, due to it's being short a bit and due to Amanda Peet's act (which was o.k after all but was a bit kept aside). other than that, a real masterpiece of acting by those two guys, and the others, just enriches the atmosphere and environment which gives a sincere powerful and overwhelming view into the American criminal's life.