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Cast
- Colin FarrellHarry Mitchel
- Keira KnightleyCharlotte
- David ThewlisJordan
- Anna FrielBriony Mitchel
- Ben ChaplinBilly Norton
- Ray WinstoneGant
- Eddie MarsanDI Bailey
- Sanjeev BhaskarDr. Raju
- Stephen GrahamDanny
- Ophelia LovibondPenny
Recommendations
- 80
Movieline
It reminds me more of Shane Black's "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," though ultimately it's darker and more raggedy around the margins. Still, Monahan, like Black and unlike Ritchie, has some feeling for his characters. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
It satisfies not only in the tradition of yarns boiled hard and wry, but as a savvy comment on fame and ambition. - 67
IndieWire
As exercises in pulp go, this one yields a solid workout. - 58
The A.V. Club
The directorial debut of William Monahan, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "The Departed," London Boulevard collapses under the weight of its own ideas and the amount of talent it has to burn. - 50
Slant Magazine
A movie like this lives and dies by its finer details, and London Boulevard screws up by applying the same broad brush to its entire cast, meaning every character gets the same amount of shading. - 50
Variety
The result is a superficially handsome crime thriller that doesn't tick, although it's got a pretty, jeweled face, and some clever scripting by William Monahan (scribe of "The Departed"), making his directorial debut here. - 50
Village Voice
Monahan's debut has verve and charisma, but, in the end, the tension of a late-night pub shrug. - 40
Empire
Guilty, with one or two mitigating circumstances.
