An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
If these ten films represent the best of 2011 so far, then we are in for a very good year. No list is complete—note the exclusion of The Tree of Life, Jane Eyre, Beginners, and Win Win, for example. But it’s a start, and a good one, I think.
If you haven’t seen these yet, catch up; there’s a lot of 2011 left.
The Lincoln Lawyer – The movie equivalent of a hamburger, but what a hamburger it is! Director Brad Furman’s star-studded adaptation of Michael Connelly’s popular legal thriller is fleet and intelligent, providing popcorn thrills without aiming at the cheap seats, and it features a brilliant lead performance from Matthew McConaughey.
The Guard – The beyond-static filmmaking does The Guard no favors; it makes Jim Jarmusch look like Michael Bay. Still, as writer/director John Michael McDonagh’s debut, it’s near flawless. Functioning as a pitch-perfect satire of buddy cop movies and as a nuanced character study of two outsiders whose idiosyncrasies mask simmering insecurities, The Guard provides a master-class in the unexpected. How else do you explain a drug-abusing cop (Brendan Gleeson) who loves prostitutes almost as much as he loves his ailing mother, three violent thugs constantly arguing over the merits of the great philosophers, and an ending that turns a conventional shootout into something lovely and ambiguous?
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