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Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster

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Canada · 2011
1h 45m
Director Nathan Morlando
Starring Scott Speedman, Kevin Durand, Kelly Reilly, Joseph Cross
Genre Crime, Drama

In this drama based on a true story, disillusioned veteran Edwin Boyd returns home from World War II to find a complete lack of opportunity. He scrapes by on a bus driver's salary while harboring dreams of Hollywood stardom. Unable to support his family financially, he turns to a life of crime, becoming Canada's most infamous bank robber.

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New York Post by

Doreen's scenes are meant to highlight the cost to the people surrounding Eddie. But the many efforts to link his psyche to his war experiences never gel, and Eddie remains a wraith, his real emotions as pallid as the film's colors.

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Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein

To his credit, writer-director Nathan Morlando has crafted a stylishly shot and evocatively designed period piece. But it's the dashing, quietly charismatic Speedman who proves the main draw, holding our attention even when the movie doesn't.

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Slant Magazine by Nick Schager

Its commentary on our fascination with law-breakers is virtually nonexistent, except to the extent that the film itself revels in the doomed romanticism of its own protagonist.

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Observer by Rex Reed

As good as Citizen Gangster is, it would be even better if you could understand the dialogue.

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