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Overall Rank: 11700
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 12
Theatrical Release Date: 12/12/2008
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 04/28/2009
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian Goodman
Actors: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Brian Goodman, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg, Kelly Holleman
Plot: Two long-time friends from South Boston turn to crime in order to survive, but soon find it causes problems with their friendship and their personal lives.
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dukeakasmudge - wrote on 10/29/2011
Great movie with a Great ending & even better, Its based on a true story
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"What Deosn't Kill You" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 09/19/2017
Two childhood friends growing up in poverty in south Boston come under the influence of a local crime boss, only to strike out on their own when he is caught and imprisoned by the F.B.I. Despite the marketing that features explosions and SWAT teams galore (neither of which actually appear in the film) What Doesn't Kill You is a character-driven drama set in the world of petty urban crime. It centres on the friendship between Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo, both of whom giving strong performances, as they try to hustle their way through life making nickle and dime jobs while feeling unappreciated by the boss to whom they must constantly pay tribute. In this way it feels a little like Donnie Brasco with an added backdrop of the kitchen sink relationship between Ruffalo and his put-upon wife …
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