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  Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★★ 79

  Hell or High Water might be the most adult film I've seen this decade. No gimmicks. No juvenile tendencies. No bull. No cheap shots. It's a Deep Fried Wild West Western Texas Noir, filmed in New Mexico, but it's Texas to the bone. 

  Jeff Bridges is the cop. Chris Pine is the robber. However, they're both duel-protagonists. The outlaw in me wanted Mr Pine to win the duel. While my conscience cheered on Mr Bridges. Both, have polar opposite partners. Pine's is his brother, played by Ben Foster. While Bridges' is his Native-American Texas Ranger partner portrayed by Gil Birmingham. Some of the most realistic dialogue I've heard on the screen comes from the back and forth banter from each…

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  Review by hesitant movie enjoyer ★★½ 10

  jeff bridges in this sounds like he swallowed ten tiny tom hardys and gained their combined mumbling powers

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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★★ 7

  I needed this movie. A reminder thrillers don’t have to be dumb, and smart movies don’t have to be boring.

  Full review at ScreenCrush.

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 6

  72/100

  With an overwhelming, potent sense of finality, Hell or High Water weaves its landscape and characters together, each contributing to the desolation of this modern western revamp. It was a funnier, gentler, more assured movie than I was expecting, with the comedy - frenzied mistake after mistake - sharpening little moments of action and humanity. It's a zombie apocalypse picture, the roaming undead replaced by living survivors of circumstance, poverty, and lifestyle, but it's also mournful of the figures who wander the tired plains and fields. A solid little firework crime thriller interested more in the aftermath of pops and crackles than in the rattling fury of explosions.

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  Review by Tao A ★★★★★ 10

  Texas is my favorite genre.

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  Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 5

  cowboy shit. remember feeling a bit hung up on some of the broad sentimentality and underlined Themes the last time i watched this but there's just something so disarmingly old-fashioned and economical about it that's really stuck with me. mackenzie has a good sense of rhythm and suspense; the dual-hangout structure lulls you into a sense of quaint community charm but then it layers in the socio-economic periphery detail so that when the two POVs collide into each other head first in an abrupt, brutal portrait of outmoded men doomed to put each other in the ground before making a dent in their surroundings it feels sudden and painful and entirely inevitable. really struck this time especially by how much…

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  Review by Frandi Peralta ★★★★½ 5

  Chris Pine and Ben Foster are freaking amazing in this film. This is my fourth time watching this film, and it just keeps getting better the more that I watch it. Excellent direction by David Mackenzie and perfect cinematography by Giles Nuttgens. I wish more films like this would be made. One of my favorites films of 2016.

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  Review by kársten ★★★★

  Saw this with Will R first quarter, first time at Landmark. Definitely one of my favourites of the past year. Well shot, well written, well acted. Super badass with a soft side to it. Should have received a bit more attention in my opinion.

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★ 27

  it's fine.

  (but getting a littttttle sick of "Crazy" Ben Foster)

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  Review by Sam Meltzer ★★★ 12

  No one said yeehaw once, worst western ever 0/10.

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  Review by Ceez ★★★★ 3

  A long time ago your ancestors was the indians until someone came along and killed them. Broke em down made you into one of them. 150 years ago all this was my ancestors land. Everything you could see, everything you saw yesterday. Until the grandparents of these folks took it. Now it's been taken from them. Cept it ain't no army doin' it, it's those sons of bitches right there. points at the Bank.

  The smallest of stakes for a heist movie but seemed bigger considering the circumstances post 2008 financial crash. This follows the same playbook we’ve seen before but it felt really grounded, from the amazing characters to the sun baked West Texas setting, everything about this felt so real and relatable. This is a neo-western thriller that keeps you engaged all the way till the credits roll

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  Review by Evan ★★★★½ 4

  Aside from True Grit, this is Jeff Bridges' best performance since The Dude himself in The Big Lebowski. All the performances are brilliant. The banter between characters is superb thanks to the great chemistry between Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham as well as Ben Foster and Chris Pine. I was pleasantly surprised how funny Hell or High Water actually is. There are so many one liners that had me laughing through out the entire film.

  Hell or High Water is a heist/western film that doesn't have an over abundance of gun fights or car chases, nor does it need it. Instead it's well-crafted film with great characters and great character development and story that will have you invested from start…