Fresh
The overfamiliarity of What Doesn't Kill You is redeemed by a full-scale performance from Mark Ruffalo.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
What Doesn't Kill You
Everyone has a choice. Every choice has a consequence.
2008 · 1h 40m · R
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Brian Goodman
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What Doesn't Kill You
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Goodman doesn't allow even a hint of postmodernism or self-consciousness to creep into What Doesn't Kill You, and though the movie's various heists and shootouts are gripping, they aren't especially kinetic or stylish.
Noel Murray, AV Club
Fresh
I thought that Brian Goodman managed to put us in this hardscrabble South Boston neighborhood.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
Nothing really going on here
Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Fresh
It feels, if not like real life, at least like a movie you haven't seen before.
Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times
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