The New York TimesMr. Hardy mostly grunts, growls and ribbits, occasionally interrupting his angry bullfrog impersonation to deliver down-home...
Los Angeles TimesTurns the Virginia hills of the early 1930s into just another backdrop for a clockwork succession of perfunctorily filmed sh...
Washington PostAn inescapable sense of "so what?" sets in early with Lawless, almost as soon as Shia LaBeouf begins his lackluster opening ...
Chicago TribuneThis should've been a really good picture, especially with Hillcoat's crack ensemble. Instead it's a stilted battle waged be...
USA TodayThe unflinching slicing and dicing is viscerally brutal, but without sufficient character development Lawless simply feels l...
The Boston GlobeMuch of the action may be nearly as grim as in director John Hillcoat's previous feature, The Road - Lawless is very bloody ...
SlateThere's something at the movie's heart that remains flimsy and inauthentic, a kid in his older brother's ill-fitting shoes.
Wall Street JournalYou can sense the filth, and smell the rust, and feel the ingrained poverty that might well convince a family of survivors (...
Rolling StoneWith a dynamite cast, an iconic screenwriter in rocker Nick Cave and an Aussie director in John Hillcoat, you assume a new c...
The New YorkerThe center of narrative gravity is hard to locate; for whom are we rooting, and does anything really ripple outward from thi...
The GuardianWe're expected to root for three hillbilly brothers in this empty exercise in macho-sentimental violence
TelegraphThere's fun to be had in this prohibition-era account of three brothers who do a tidy business distilling and selling illega...
Total FilmStylish and savage, but nothing you haven't seen before. Lawless is something of a blunt instrument but seductive nonetheless.
ReviewSTLWith its period canvas and larger-than-life characters, Lawless deserves to be seen on a big screen. Its impact, like its im...
Film School RejectsEntirely too much Jack, not nearly enough Forrest, Oldman, or poor Jason Clarke as Howard. Cave’s adaptation offers few narr...
Film FractureLawless keeps with the outlaw hero formula that accompanies the greats, setting it up to become an instant classic of the tr...
Entertainment WeeklyIn the 1920s-set gangland drama Lawless, Tom Hardy sheds the metal face-hugger he wore in The Dark Knight Rises and shows yo...
JobloThere is much to love in the latest collaboration of Cave and Hillcoat. It may at times attempt to be more epic than it is, ...
The Movie Picture ShowThe strength of Lawless is seen in its storytelling and character development more than anything else.
Hollywood ReporterA gritty and suspenseful bootlegger tale based on real-life Prohibition figures that sees “The Proposition” team of director...
FirstShowingI also must mention Shia LaBeouf, who also stands out in Lawless and delivers an impressive, fleshed-out performance as the ...
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Partial Film Information
Director: John Hillcoat
Writer: Nick Cave
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain
Release: August 31, 2012
Writer: Nick Cave
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain
Release: August 31, 2012
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