The blog of Amon Warmann: Film journalist.

Film Review | Pain & Gain

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★★★★☆

Towards the end of the latest offering from film critics’ favourite punching bag Michael Bay, a character states: “The truth is stranger than fiction.” It is a particularly apt idiom for Pain & Gain. A docu-drama masquerading as an action-comedy, it’s easily one of the craziest films of the year. Unexpectedly, it’s also one of the funniest.

Read the rest of this review at Flicks and the City here.

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