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  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • BBC Worldwide North America
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • BBC Worldwide North America
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary London Road documents true events that occurred in 2006, when the town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and curb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged, and then convicted, of the murders, the community...

Directed By: Rufus Norris

Written By: Alecky Blythe

  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • BBC Worldwide North America
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • BBC Worldwide North America
  • 1 h 31 m

London Road

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary London Road documents true events that occurred in 2006, when the town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and curb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged, and then convicted, of the murders, the community...

Directed By: Rufus Norris

Written By: Alecky Blythe

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
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35% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
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35% Mixed
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100
Jul 22, 2016
It’s enthralling and haunting.
By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW
90
Sep 8, 2016
The artifice of the form works something wondrous with the material, highlighting the generic nature of our response to extreme violence.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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25% Mixed
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13% Negative
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88
Oct 13, 2016
All in all, a brilliant piece of work.
By Soren Andersen FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 15, 2016
This enchantingly strange movie couldn’t possibly be called naturalistic, but at times, it feels somewhat disappointingly normalized.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 22, 2016
An artistic spin on tragedy that’s deft, witty, very well-acted, and more diverting than it is profound.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 9, 2016
They all ultimately seem as if they are participating in a dubious enterprise, devised by gifted individuals who somehow can't take a big picture view of a story that would seem to demand one. London Road is brilliant in all the wrong ways.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
42
Jul 25, 2016
London Road, on stage and celluloid, is an experiment likely to fall flat outside of the most devoted of cinephiles (and theatergoers), but an exciting one nonetheless, even if only for its boldness.
By Gary Garrison FULL REVIEW
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Production Company BBC Film, British Film Institute (BFI), Cuba Pictures, Lipsync Productions, Royal National Theatre
Release Date Sep 9, 2016
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards

London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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