Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.
Things go from bad to worse to downright disastrous in the enthralling Australian import The Square.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
14 May 2010
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A perverse delight, the rare film that makes you feel good about feeling bad (or at least watching others do so).
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
22 Jun 2010
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It's as if filmmaking brothers Joel and Nash Edgerton (Joel cowrote, produced and costars, Nash directed) sat down and said, "Let's watch these suckers wreck their lives, and the lives of everyone around them."
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
6 Jul 2010
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A well-made and entertaining descent into a black-comic hell.
– Sheri Linden,
Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jul 2010
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A taut, well-executed if somewhat predictable riff on the murderous caper-that-goes-wrong theme that has anchored sexy, blood-stained crime pictures from The Postman Always Rings Twice to Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.