The Crime Boss

"Most of (The Crime Boss)... just falls flat, despite individual scenes here and there that work."

"Unexpectedly fun, drawing you through its world of not-very-good-at-this criminals, low-lifes and people who want little more than to just hang about with verve and panache."

"Clark Duke’s film takes an unusual perspective on a familiar genre but is weighed down by its dull, uneven pace."

"Has a kind of ambling, affectionate weirdness to it."

"As a collection of smart-mouthed southern ne'er-do-wells (The Crime Boss) amuses, but as a showcase for colourful 70s menswear, it excels."

"(The film) not only squanders some good talent, it's a tragic waste of a fine book."

"What doesn’t work so well is the last stretch, which aims at a more mournful, serious tone than relatively breezy earlier events have earned."

"The performances in Arkansas—including Hemsworth’s and Duke’s—are excellent across the board. And the script features some wonderfully old-school hardboiled dialogue, like when Her says she likes boys like Kyle and Swin, “Who don’t get hung up on having a long life.”"

"Leaving aside a hackneyed third-act development, which provides some pathos that isn’t wholly earned, the film’s insistence on keeping the stakes low throughout is probably its key strength."

"“I always suspected that I didn’t want the desirable things in life — women, cars, houses — the things people use to chisel out a tidy philosophy of life. I was just as pleased to get drunk or drink a bunch and not get drunk.” If those words speak to you, Arkansas is a movie destination that won’t disappoint."

"That kind of gallow’s humor defines the surface tone of “Arkansas,” which often feels like a riff on “Breaking Bad,” only now it’s more about how sad it is to be poor white trash."

"Underwhelming, despite a surprising abundance of talent."