Small Town Crime
An alcoholic ex-cop (Hawkes) finds the body of a young woman and, through an act of self-redemption, becomes hell-bent on finding the killer but unwittingly puts his family in danger and gets caught up with several dark characters along the way.
30 December 1971, Evanston, Illinois, USA
6 December 1996, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 August 1965, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
12 May 1973, Santa Monica, California, USA
13 July 1941, Rochester, New York, USA
3 August 1980, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
January 18, 2018
It's a straightforward mystery, but it's strengthened by a collection of eclectic but recognizable characters...
January 18, 2018
This is well-made entertainment, pure and simple, with enough surprises along the way to avoid being strictly formulaic. What's more, it accomplishes all this in just under an hour and a half.
January 18, 2018
Brothers Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms, who wrote and directed the film, have some solid ideas, and "Small Town Crime" moves forward with assurance and confidence.
January 18, 2018
Small Town Crime is so engrossing in its optimistic darkness that it screams for the further pulpy adventures of Mike Kendall.
January 17, 2018
Mr. Hawkes keeps you tethered, whether he's navigating the movie's uneven tones or peeling down one of cinema's lonely highways in a muscle car so lovingly shot it deserves a co-star credit.
January 18, 2018
Engagingly anchored by character actor John Hawkes, "Small Town Crime" is a satisfyingly quirky serving of frisky pulp fiction.
March 21, 2017
A hardboiled melodrama with a heart of tarnished gold.
January 18, 2018
It combines familiar character actors and familiar story elements to produce a sufficiently satisfying, if not especially memorable, film perfect for whiling away a rainy afternoon.
January 18, 2018
The ... roteness can perhaps be chalked up to Small Town Crime's fancying itself a throwback to gritty 1970s detective movies, including a score that's an homage to Lalo Schifrin. But it's set in the present, and there are off-putting moments throughout.
December 18, 2017
Finally, there's Ian and Eshom Nelms' rollicking modern noir, which - okay, to be honest, would be equally entertaining on a screen of any size.
January 19, 2018
There are enough nice touches and details along the way - including Clifton Collins Jr. as an old school R&B-loving pimp - to make up for its shortcomings.
January 18, 2018
[A] crisp and mordantly funny noir.
