Factual error: When talking about the planned robbery of Fenway, the florist mentions a four-game series with New York. However, later the crew is in a bar and a clip of the baseball game is being shown on the television. The game being shown is against Toronto. Since this scene is supposed to be just prior to the heist, one would expect the visiting team to be the Yankees, not the Blue Jays.
The Town (2010)
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Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Jon Hamm
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I watched this movie on Netflix.
Saw this one was leaving Netflix last month so decided to finally knock it off my list of shame before it was gone. (July 2025)
This was really good! I liked it a lot. Now that I've also seen Point Break, it's interesting to see the similarities but a lot of it flipped on it's head. Affleck and Renner are great in this. (Kinda funny to see Batman and Hawkeye as brothers).
A heist movie more about the character drama, which I love and the intertwining nature of one getting secretly involved with a witness to their crimes. Twist, turns, and great moments.
Also the moment where they thieves get out of their car fully armed wearing nun masks and look over to see a cop staring at them. Then the cop turns to look away, had me dying laughing.
Good writing, good pacing, some fun gags, intriguing plot and story... and left just open ended enough to leave you wanting more. Glad I finally knocked this off my list of shame.
Mistake Status: N/A.
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Suggested correction: There's nothing to indicate the clip in the bar is from a current game. Sports networks often show classic games in repeats.
Give me a break, they screwed that up.
Suggested correction: A robbery of that size and risk would require several days of planning and preparation. Doug and Jem probably went to the park during the series against Toronto to scope the place out, and the planning and preparation continued until the end of the series with the Yankees when the robbery occurred.
Suggested correction: There is no indication on what day it is. It's possible that it's Wednesday before 4 days. Or it's Thursday making the series get played on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
Doug MacRay: I need your help. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.
James Coughlin: Whose car we takin'?
Question: In the opening scene, one of the thieves said "where's your purse?" to the bank manager before they are going to leave the bank. What's the meaning of this phrase? Also, just following that, one of the thieves looks puzzled into a room where the security guards are restrained on the ground, before he joins another thief to leave the bank in their car. Why did he look puzzled at that time? Thx.
Chosen answer: 1) Jem wants her purse to get her ID so he can follow her and eliminate her if need be, as he has already decided to take her as a hostage. 2) This is Doug coming back into the room and noticing that Claire is missing, taking her as a hostage was not part of the plan.