Release: Cleveland

Cleveland

Genre: Crime/Drama

Director: Edgar Wright

Writer: Jimmy Ellis

Cast: Ben Barnes, Daveed Diggs, Sterling K. Brown, Jennifer Connelly, John Gallagher Jr., Julia Fox, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Paul, Pablo Schreiber, Manny Jacinto, Ben Schwartz, Thomas Middleditch

Budget: $45,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $22,324,095

Foreign Box Office: $16,900,500

Total Profit: -$31,911,340

Reaction: Not the outcome anyone was hoping for - and probably not expecting either. For a Crime/Drama, the costs were probably too high considering there are no A-Listers to be found in the cast. We'll have to ask the accounting department how much the film grossed in the state of Ohio.

"Putting Edgar Wright at the helm of a slow-burn Midwestern crime drama is like asking Wes Anderson to direct Training Day. Sure, it looks cool, but the tone is all over the place. It’s stylish, yes—but Wright’s flair often undercuts the tension, turning what could’ve been a tight thriller into a genre smoothie. By the time the 17th side character (an exaggeration, but not by much) gets a monologue, you start wondering if the real crime was the runtime." - Charlie Sage, HBC-TV

"By the time we reach the violent boat standoff, the emotional stakes feel muddled beneath the sheer volume of betrayals and double-crosses. Its Edgar Wright turned up to 100 but the characters elevate the story, which may have been better off under different hands." - Seth Black - LA Times

"Cleve­land wants to be a gritty crime epic, but its bloated ensemble cast leaves too many characters underdeveloped and too many subplots undercooked. Ben Barnes and Sterling K. Brown do what they can, but the story buckles under the weight of its moving parts. There's a strong Midwestern noir somewhere in here—but it's buried under narrative excess and characters who vanish as quickly as they appear." - Katie Barnes, Washington Herald

Rated R for graphic violence, strong language, and some sexual content