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Movie Review: 'Killing Them Softly' Falls Short Despite Brad Pitt's Performance
Critics seem to agree the film focuses too much on a parallel between the world of street thugs and hit men and that of bankers and financiers, with a story about a crisis of confidence in a small gambling market in the fall of 2008.
"Killing Them Softly," which is rated R and runs 1 hour and 37 minutes, is playing at 12:45, 4:45, 7:30 and 9:50 on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1 at Gateway Cinemas 12 in Bethlehem. "Smooth as silk" is how Los Angeles Times film critic Betsy Sharkey describes Brad Pitt in his latest film, the moody drama "Killing Them Softly." And Sharkey isn't the only critic singing Pitt's praises as he takes on the role of a hit man with an an idea for how to get people gambling again. "This is an actor who is never better and never happier than when he gets to be seedy, slick his hair back and wear a leather jacket," movie critic Mick LaSalle writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. Read what Sharkey, LaSalle and other critics had to say …
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