The Town – 7

Written, directed and starring Ben Affleck, this could be added to the list of recent vanity projects, especially since his character is the only one who gets away. The star for me, however, was Rebecca Hall, who got to portray big-time ambivalence, and did it beautifully. The bank robbery scenes were far-fetched, but that didn’t bother the University of Minnesota football players who cheered the robbers in preparation for their game with USC the next morning. Jeremy Renner is deserving of Supporting Actor awards for his performance, but overall the flick wasn’t up to the Dennis Lehane standard.