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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of d...

Directed By: Nathan Morlando

Written By: Nathan Morlando

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 45 m

Citizen Gangster

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
56
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Based on a real WWII vet and family man turned bank robber. Disillusioned by his post war circumstances, Eddie Boyd is torn between the need to provide for his young family and an unfulfilled dream to head to Hollywood to become a star. He discovers a way to do both, robbing banks Hollywood style, but his dream leads him down a path of d...

Directed By: Nathan Morlando

Written By: Nathan Morlando

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
56
22% Positive
2 Reviews
78% Mixed
7 Reviews
0% Negative
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78% Mixed
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75
May 10, 2012
Morlando's approach, influenced by interviews with the real Boyd in his old age, is cerebral and melancholic. The tone is more foreboding than suspenseful.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 25, 2012
It feels like Morlando is juggling two movies at a time. And only one of them works really well-the one about a disaffected workaday vet avenging himself on the banality of his daily grind.
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60
Apr 24, 2012
Writer-director Nathan Morlando leeches every last bit of color from the frame, until the world around Boyd looks so dreary and drab you can almost understand his desire to liven the place up with a little theatrical mayhem.
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60
Apr 24, 2012
First-time writer-director Nathan Morlando shows commendable focus (even Cox dials it down), and his movie's modest aspirations nicely reflect the condition in which Boyd, his damaged charisma spent, finally thrives.
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50
Apr 27, 2012
A good-looking but passionless affair that remains stubbornly aloof from its audience.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 24, 2012
As good as Citizen Gangster is, it would be even better if you could understand the dialogue.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 23, 2012
Its commentary on our fascination with law-breakers is virtually nonexistent, except to the extent that the film itself revels in the doomed romanticism of its own protagonist.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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25% Mixed
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Production Company IFC Films, Myriad Pictures, Entertainment One, Euclid 431 Pictures, Edwin Boyd Productions
Release Date Apr 27, 2012
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Gangster. Media darling. Model citizen.
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Awards

Genie Awards
• 5 Nominations
Directors Guild of Canada
• 2 Nominations
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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