Small Town Crime
When alcoholic ex-cop Mike Kendall finds the body of a young woman, he becomes obsessed with redeeming himself by finding the killer. In the process, he puts himself and his family in danger while hanging out with an assortment of shady characters.
15 November 1950, Iowa, USA
6 August 1965, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
18 November 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 May 1970, Montgomery, Alabama, USA
27 November 1968, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
6 December 1996, Chicago, Illinois, USA
31 May 1960, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, USA
16 May 1974, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
30 December 1971, Evanston, Illinois, USA
9 December 1950, Bronxville, New York, USA
12 May 1973, Santa Monica, California, USA
16 May 1987, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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
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
[A] crisp and mordantly funny noir.
January 18, 2018
It's a straightforward mystery, but it's strengthened by a collection of eclectic but recognizable characters...
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
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
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 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
Small Town Crime is so engrossing in its optimistic darkness that it screams for the further pulpy adventures of Mike Kendall.
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.
