Brighton Rock

IFC Films | Release Date: August 26, 2011

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Ratings

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beelzie14Oct 9, 2011

Couldn't get into this film at all. I usually love" period pieces" which show localised social entropy, especially Brit-related. Helen Mirren was brilliant as usual - but as for the rest of it - very "meh"!

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CitizenCharlieSep 12, 2011

There is something off about Brighton Rock. The atmosphere and mood surrounding the action does not match what is going on. Based on a Graham Greene novel, Brighton Rock follows a low level gangsterâ

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TrailesqueJul 20, 2021

This is a handsome but rather pointless remake of a 1948 film, which was based on Graham Greene's first novel, a pulp fiction thriller. The year is moved up to 1964, so it can coincide with the notorious mods vs. rockers street brawls thatThis is a handsome but rather pointless remake of a 1948 film, which was based on Graham Greene's first novel, a pulp fiction thriller. The year is moved up to 1964, so it can coincide with the notorious mods vs. rockers street brawls that occurred then. Riley and Riseborough are good, and Helen Mirren is better. The sets are lavishly put together and nicely photographed. The story focuses on a rising young gangster and his relationship with a young waitress, whom he marries to keep her from revealing something she knows. Mirren plays the ex-girlfriend of a murdered man looking to even the score and, maybe, to protect the young lady. it is well-made but nothing out of the ordinary.… Expand

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