Undemanding derivative caper film.

| Original Score: C | Jan 1, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 16, 2005

A nearly unrecognizable Guy Pearce gives a solid performance in an otherwise forgettable film

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2004

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 6, 2003

You always get the feeling here that Roberts never actually knows where he's going with it.

| Sep 16, 2003

Every heist movie trope is trotted out and given an Australian accent.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 6, 2003

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 27, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 17, 2003

The film seems unsure what it wants to be about, only that it wants to be edgy while it's doing it.

| Original Score: C | Aug 9, 2003

This Aussie thriller is all about characters -- interesting characters, and several of them could hold a movie on their own.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

Not everything works... but Roberts' knack for realistic action, hard-bitten dialogue and finding humor in unexpected places keeps your attention to the finish.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 1, 2003

It is at most a middling effort.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2003

The movie-jaded will dismiss The Hard Word as just another slick heist flick with a band of burglar buddies. Too bad for their cynical souls. They'll be missing a grand (theft) time.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 31, 2003

The movie wants to be provocative but just comes off trashy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 25, 2003

The three Twentyman brothers are so good at stealing stuff you wonder why they couldn't have swiped a better heist movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 25, 2003

When it's finally time to lay down the cards, we discover Roberts was simply trying to get by on his wit and charm, and he didn't have enough of either.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 24, 2003

Just when you think you've got it all figured out, there's another disorienting jolt.

| Original Score: B | Jul 17, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2003