Small Town Murder Songs
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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7

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Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    Jul 7, 2011
    80
    Stylistic debts abound: the Coen brothers, Roger Deakins, the bleak, gothic landscapes of Terrence Malick's "Badlands" and Richard Brooks's "In Cold Blood." Through it all, though, is the original and memorable spectacle of violence expressed and repressed by the desperate hero.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Jun 30, 2011
    70
    Compellingly acted from top to bottom. As the raw passions of its hard-bitten characters seep into you, the songs hammer them even more deeply into your consciousness. The film's only flaw - a big one - is its brevity.
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  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    Jun 30, 2011
    75
    The film is as much music-video collection as crime drama: The interludes in which the songs swell into voluptuous prominence balance out a tale of crime and redemption so spare, it's almost abstract.
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