While it doesn't really add anything new to the noir-inspired, ‘I think we're in way over our heads' style of thriller, The Square is still a pretty entertaining way to kill some time. Ray and Carla are lovers, both cheating on their spouses, who decide to steal a satchel full of money from Carla's husband, who has hidden the bag of cash in the attic. It all seems pretty straightforward until the plan goes horribly wrong, resulting is a nasty chain of blackmail and murder. Despite their stupidity, the two lead characters are interesting and the film moves along at a brisk clip, keeping you guessing along the way. There are a lot of better films of this type (Fargo, A Simple Plan, etc), but there's nothing wrong with spending some time watching The Square.

6.3/10 — "Okay"/"Decent"/"Watchable" -(Seen on 1/30/21)

It's just one thing after another for philandering building-site manager Ray. A clandestine affair with a young neighbour and a mismanaged plot to steal her husband's stash of cash leads inevitably to death and disaster. This Australian neo-noir comes so close to being brilliant - it's very well acted, photographed and directed - that it's a genuine shame that the final quarter slips into almost comic melodrama, with far too many plot beats to stay the right side of plausible. But never mind: it's still a great deal better than most modern thrillers.

Decent thriller - they are trying to plan their escape so they can run off together - but it's a little more complicated than that - living across the river from each other. He's taking some bad deals while building a hotel

very good robbery caper film.

An old fashioned Murphy's law tale whose contrived plots points reek a mile away.

Salarakkaat, rahalaukku ja täydellinen suunnitelma. Mikä voisi mennä pieleen? Kaikki. Tietenkin. Asiaankuuluvan fatalistinen aussi-noir toistaa suunnilleen kaikki hyvän noir-tarinan konventiot, mutta tekee sen tuoreesti ja sujuvasti. Genretietoisuuden oppiaineen läksyt on luettu hyvin.

Early check it tomorrow, so finding this Australian gem on a Saturday night. . awesome. If you like the Coen brothers style noir you can't do much better.

Fantastic story and acting. Loaded with twists and turns. Watch it!

I really liked the first half, very tense and involving. But the Edgertons clearly don't know how to raise stakes without invoking an absurd amount of (accidental) death and destruction. What logical human being read this script and came to the conclusion that the things this main character causes to happen are even remotely believable? It's entirely possible that the tragic ending will make you laugh out of disbelief, and that's really sad because it's an otherwise well-made movie.

The Square is more likely reminds me of Take Shelter but in a other way around. The story is about this guy Yale a constructor and a family guy, having an affair on this Carla and there you go. The first part of the story is a problem itself, though I've seen this kind of film before, I'm thinking it could have better deliverance, a better ending which it could have been satisfying, it just lacks charisma. A very good thriller flick to watch anyways.

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A dark as hell noir thriller, in which actions have consequences, in vein of Cohen brother films. The tone is pitch perfect, and the story never disappoints, with credible twists and turns that keep the viewers on the edge of their seat as we watch the characters sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss.

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This little Australian thriller was hard to love because Joel Edgerton's role was small but despite that I liked the action in it and the excitement keeps you waiting to see what can go wrong next.

Intriguing, had me gripped throughout. The protaganist of the film managed to really get on my nerves as he dug himself even further to massive pile of s**t all for a woman! But saying that, it was a pretty good film.

another film that just shows how good a writer Joel Edgerton is! he writes films that make you question human nature and action in a way no other can!

Twisty and turny, and never seems to stop.

Gripping but can anyone explain the relevance of the bizarre death of doggy in the lake?

A very good Aussie drama. With few big names amongst the case, the film is quite well made and kept us interested throughout. It doesn't rate up there with 'Animal Kingdom' but it is certainly one of the better Australian movies I've seen in a while. Good stuff.