Weekend Movie Box Office September 17 - 19   Four Fall Flicks Fight For Film Fans (updated: Thursday, 9/16/2010 at 10:45AM ET) The Town is permeated with brutal fatalism.  We see these men whose fathers taught them the trade of bank robbery, which is exciting to watch but deadly to practice.  Affleck’s direction is spot-on as he creates breathlessly exciting heist scenes, but has the restraint to let the actors carry the rest of the film.  The script does rely a bit too heavily on characters stating exactly what they want or what another character wants, but the cast turns in strong work and holds our attention through the matter-of-fact dialogue. However, the film is almost so tight that it could...

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