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What Doesn't Kill You

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
12K
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What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
Two lifelong friends who have survived the mean streets of South Boston find it increasingly hard to maintain a balance between their personal lives and the "jobs" they take for a local crime boss (Goodman).
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  • Crime
  • Drama
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
12K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Brian Goodman
  • Writers
    • Brian Goodman
    • Paul T. Murray
    • Donnie Wahlberg
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Mark Ruffalo
    • Brian Goodman
Top credits
  • Director
    • Brian Goodman
  • Writers
    • Brian Goodman
    • Paul T. Murray
    • Donnie Wahlberg
  • Stars
    • Ethan Hawke
    • Mark Ruffalo
    • Brian Goodman
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    • 55User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos6

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    Amanda Peet and Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
    Brian Goodman and Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
    Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
    Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
    Ethan Hawke, Brian Goodman, and Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
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    Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Brian Goodman, and Mark Ruffalo at an event for What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
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    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    • Paulie McDouganas Paulie McDougan
    Mark Ruffalo
    Mark Ruffalo
    • Brian Reillyas Brian Reilly
    Brian Goodman
    Brian Goodman
    • Pat Kellyas Pat Kelly
    Amanda Peet
    Amanda Peet
    • Stacy Reillyas Stacy Reilly
    Will Lyman
    Will Lyman
    • Sullyas Sully
    Donnie Wahlberg
    Donnie Wahlberg
    • Detective Moranas Detective Moran
    Angela Featherstone
    Angela Featherstone
    • Katieas Katie
    Edward Lynch
    Edward Lynch
    • Jackieas Jackie
    Michael Yebba
    • Roundmanas Roundman
    • (as Mike Yebba)
    • …
    Brian Connolly
    • Seanas Sean
    Nathaniel Smyth
    • Mark (5 Years Old)as Mark (5 Years Old)
    Oscar Wahlberg
    Oscar Wahlberg
    • Mark (10 Years Old)as Mark (10 Years Old)
    Thomas Regan
    • Young Paulieas Young Paulie
    Johnny Serret
    Johnny Serret
    • Young Brianas Young Brian
    • (as Jean Pierre 'JP' Serret)
    George Khoury
    • Delivery Manas Delivery Man
    Holly Karrol Clark
    Holly Karrol Clark
    • Waitressas Waitress…
    Leif Riddell
    Leif Riddell
    • Off Duty Officeras Off Duty Officer
    Lenny Clarke
    Lenny Clarke
    • Hogieas Hogie
    • Director
      • Brian Goodman
    • Writers
      • Brian Goodman
      • Paul T. Murray
      • Donnie Wahlberg
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The movie is based on Brian Goodman's own life up to the mid 1990s.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where they were scoping out the armored truck, they start the car to follow it. However, we can see the car start rolling forward before we hear the ignition is turned and put in gear.
    • Quotes

      Brian Reilly: It's like a morgue in here. I wanna be dead like you guys.

    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: The Avengers Special (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Buzzard Luck
      Written by Swamp Dogg (as Jerry Williams)
      Performed by Swamp Dogg
      Courtesy of S.D.E.G. Records
      By arrangement with MS-Pro

    User reviews55

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    Top review
    8/10
    Based On A True Story....
    ...normally indicates that the film you are about to watch is almost unbelievable - this film is an exception to the rule.

    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, which, by the number of movies being set there, is fast becoming as notorious as the bronx.

    What Doesn't Kill You has to be the film that will catapult Mark Ruffalo into the big time, his performance is sublime, he plays a character that stirs a number of emotions from inside - easily the star of this gritty, intense tale of two dysfunctional friends.
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    • Mar 8, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 2009 (Portugal)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Real Men Cry
    • Filming locations
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Battleplan Productions
      • Yari Film Group Releasing
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $44,872
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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