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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critics What's this?

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9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 54 Ratings

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  • Starring: Dexter Fletcher, Jason Flemyng
  • Summary: In this wild comedy of errors, a group of London friends find themselves deep in debt to an unsavory underworld figure.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 30
  3. Negative: 3 out of 30
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    90
    A dynamite bundle from British writer-director Guy Ritchie. Even when the accents are as indecipherable as the plot, Ritchie keeps the action percolating and the humor on high.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    The humor is as crude as the characters, but the picture has energy.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Mary Elizabeth Williams
    30
    It's supposed to be visually exciting, but the result is more like a corpse-strewn Gap khakis ad than a triumph of technique. At least, based on the film's grainy texture and amber lighting, it's nice to know that the guy who shot every porn movie released in the '70s appears to be working again.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. AdamS.
    10
    Brilliant plot development. Guy Ritchie proves that he has what it takes with this movie. It outshines, dare I say it, Quentin Tarantino and Pulp Fiction.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Ryencoke
    4
    I know I'm not stupid. But in ever Guy Richie film, I have no idea what in the hell is going on. I fell asleep in this movie. What a waste of money buying it.… Expand
    • 0 of 2 users said yes
  3. mordillo
    3
    It was impossible for me to become involved with this film. None of the actors convinced me. Every line of dialogue they spat out sounded so forced, like they didn't believe in the characters they were playing. Some of the dialogue isn't very well written in the first place. There's one line that Dexter Fletcher said that goes "Also, I think knives are a good idea... Knives are good, because they don't make any noise, and the less noise they make, the more likely we are to use them", and I thought to myself, Is this guy trying to sell me knives? Vinnie Jones was the only one who really impressed me. I wanted to see more of the guy. He played his part perfectly, nailed every scene he was in, and I loved that his character brought his son around for everything like it was "Bring Your Kid To Work Day". I also felt the narration by Alan Ford, you gotta love his accent, but I felt some of the stuff he narrated made it sound like he was talking down to me instead of telling me things I couldn't have figured out otherwise. It was condescending and intrusive, chiming in at all the wrong times. The only good writing is evident at the very end of the movie, the "cliffhanger" ending, which I thought was brilliantly scripted and played out. Another issue I have with the film is the dirty look it has. I know this is accounted for its low budget, but the amber lighting and the heavy grain, it's not a pretty mix, and it's one of the ugliest-looking films I've ever seen.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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