Review of Dom Hemingway (2013) by Adam M — 01 Apr 2014
Admittedly theres not much to this film outside of Jude Law's force of nature performance, he's a filthy, foul mouthed monolith of vulgarity and nastiness, and a joy to watch, it's a true revelation of a turn for the actor, breaking his posh, pretty boy image to pieces and gobbing on those pieces.
Sure theres not much to the script or story, which are threadbare and undernorishing, plus Richard E Grant is somewhat wasted despite being rather wonderful, and there are many coincidental contrivances that sully the film a bit towards the end, but enjoy it for Law, for the stylish, off kilter approach to the british gangster movie genre, for the many gloriously profane monologues and the general fun depravity of the thing, plus it gets extra points for being surprisingly moving come the third act, which does not seem remotely likely given the first two thirds.
A solid cult movie in the making.
This review of Dom Hemingway (2013) was written by Adam M on 01 Apr 2014.
Dom Hemingway has generally received mixed reviews.
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