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Movie Overview
Cast
• Mark Ruffalo
• Ethan Hawke
• Amanda Peet
Director
• Brian Goodman
MPAA Rating
R - for language, drug use, some violence and brief sexuality
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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A-
"Kill You, while stewing in the juices of unapologetic formula, is a more of a direct injection of stark criminal behavior punctuated by exhilarating performances and a soulful dedication to the moody rhythms of despair."  DVDTalk.com  Brian Orndorf

2.5/5
"Though hardly a failure, What Doesn't Kill You is in the final measure definitely not what it could have been."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Barsanti

2.5/4
"...undoubtedly benefits from Ruffalo's electrifying turn as Brian..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"The story is generic and uncompelling, coming across as just another gritty drama about a major city's criminal underbelly."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

C-
"Little more than a middling variation on gangster thematics, better explored in The Sopranos and elsewhere."  Modern Fabulousity  Gabriel Shanks

6/10
"For a true-crime story, there's surprisingly little dramatic arc."  DVDTown.com  James Plath

C+
"It's admirable that Brian Goodman came back from life on the streets, two jail terms and a bad drug habit to make a movie, but considering its real life genesis the movie feels awfully warmed over"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2/4
"You'd be forgiven for thinking, while watching What Doesn't Kill You, that it was still 2007."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager
OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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