What Doesn't Kill You Trailer Hits

The trailer for the Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke crime drama What Doesn't Kill You has hit the nets.

The buzz for this one has been overwhelmingly positive, with critics placing it in the The Departed and Gone Baby Gone echelon of excellent Boston crime dramas. The film is based off the life of first-time writer/director and ex-con Brian Goodman, and follows two childhood friends from the rough streets of South Boston as they try to make their living without landing in jail. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September, and has many a reviewer calling it the best performances of both Ruffalo and Hawkes' respective careers - high praise, considering some of the work these actors have done in the past. Oscar buzz has been minimal thus far, but distributor Yari Film Group is just ramping up its campaign.

Oscar buzz or not, I'm excited to see it. The film co-stars Amanda Peet and opens in limited release on December 12th.