London
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: February 10, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
24
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
3
Negative:
12
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50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
London has a distinct Off-Off-Broadway feel. There's a stagebound quality to its handful of claustrophobic locations, its endless assault of intense coke talk, and its third-rate invocation of David Mamet, David Rabe, and Neil LaBute. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The film delivers lots of high-pitched hysteria but never manages to make its spoiled protagonists interesting. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyTim Grierson
Perhaps the best compliment that can be paid to Hunter Richards' directorial debut is that it nearly manages to make some of the most irritatingly shallow human beings on Earth seem tragic. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
First-time writer-director Hunter Richards? London is even worse torture than it sounds. It includes flashbacks that actually demonstrate just how miserable a jerk the main character is. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyGregory Kirschling
At least London nails the inanity of drug-speak - the bathroom chat quickly devolves from God and ''time horizons'' to coprophilia and a truly dumb confessional tirade by Statham - although perhaps this achievement is unintentional. Read full review
30
Village VoiceEd Park
Syd's (Chris Evans) emotional tailspin is embarrassingly banal, and his assertion that "everybody here hates me" quickly applies to the audience as well. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Bad movie. Ugly movie. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Newbie director Richards shoots all the women like slabs of meat, and his self-seriousness throughout London--some of it tries to be funny, a lot of it is funny by accident--borders on the delusional. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Syd is a jerk whose anger does not make him interesting. The only reason to keep watching is because you hope someone will drop a piano on his head. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
If London were a comedy, it just might work. Instead, it's a dead-serious marathon of angst from cool kids old enough to know they're mouthing cliches. Read full review
20
VarietyDennis Harvey
For those who enjoy fashion-model-looking twentysomethings yelling at each other in bathrooms while doing too much cocaine, voila! Heaven is a place called London. Read full review
20
The New York TimesLaura Kern
A misfired attempt at provocation and the exploration of philosophical thought, London is little more than an immature display of male bonding on speed. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
There's absolutely nothing fantastic or transporting about London, an endlessly ponderous relationship picture that also has zilch to do with the British city. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
The awful crank comedy "Spun" (2002) still ranks as the most dehumanizing youth picture of the decade, but this New York drama by first-time director Hunter Richards is a close second. Read full review
0
Film ThreatPhil Hall
London is the independent film world's equivalent of a fiasco. Read full review
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