"Get him some fuckin clothes before I fuckin kill you"

Little did we know we would be watching back to back Ethan Hawke heist movies. However, the draw of What Doesn't Kill You for me was really Mark Ruffalo. He was incredible in this gut wrenching, biographical movie about two childhood friends from a South Boston who fall in with a bad crowd and end up in a downward spiral. Ruffalo's character is a family man who can't seem to keep it together - staying out every night, always drunk, cheating on his wife, eventually becoming a drug addict. It is difficult to watch him fall so deeply into this hole of despair and self loathing, but he pulls it off admirably. Even though I am not a huge fan, I thought Hawke was also really good. Unlike the previous movie of the night, we were totally pulling for these guys to get their lives together and find a better way. We were also very impressed to see that supporting actor Donnie Wahlberg was one of the co-writers. We love Mark, but I have always been a fan of Donnie and it was good to see him doing his thing in a good, quality movie. Nice way to start to a weekend full of great movies.