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By Jonathan Romney (434) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 19 Apr 2014

A bold, evocative film, in which voices, intonations and noises off - and a terrific unseen supporting cast - build up a detailed picture of…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 18 Apr 2014

Known as the screenwriter of such estimable films as Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, Stephen Knight delivers a glorified one-act…

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By Ed Whitfield (493) for The Ooh Tray (482) on 18 Apr 2014

We knew that great films needn't be propelled by action or incident; sometimes the incidental's plenty; but movies like Locke are a fine and…

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By Daniel Green (105) for CineVue (2,163) on 18 Apr 2014

Locke never shies away from from thrusting 21st concepts of masculinity into the full glare of the high beams, exposing its morally complex…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 17 Apr 2014

Its star delivers a note-perfect performance that saves the film from its own shortcomings, with Tom Hardy once again proving himself to be…

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By Karen Krizanovich (126) for Radio Times (2,421) on 17 Apr 2014

A milestone film for both actor and film-maker, Locke is extraordinary viewing…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 17 Apr 2014

Writer-director Steven Knight tries too hard to make us love his hard-working, old-school everyman…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 17 Apr 2014

Knight elicits an exceptional performance from Hardy as a man whose extraordinary self-discipline belies his seething inner turmoil…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 16 Apr 2014

A failed attempt at cinematic minimalism…

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By Brian Viner (589) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 16 Apr 2014

This is a terrific film, a clever thriller woven out of a largely ordinary set of circumstances, and beautifully shot despite the self-imposed…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 16 Apr 2014

Locke is an ingenious British film that spends ninety minutes in a car with Tom Hardy and keeps you gripped throughout…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 16 Apr 2014

We say things like, 'Oh, I'd watch that guy read the phone book,' and this is almost that…

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By John Nugent (191) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 16 Apr 2014

Lean, engrossing, and entirely unique - you'll never look at junction 5 of the M1 in the same way again…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for Electric Sheep (203) on 15 Apr 2014

A brilliant minimalist piece of cinéma de chambre, in this case the chamber being the titular protagonist's car…

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By Antonia Quirke (220) for Financial Times (1,822) on 15 Apr 2014

It is a movie with a pace that never slackens, and yet still allows you to feel you're being given time to recollect, reflect, look about…

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By Beth Hanna (13) for Thompson on Hollywood (89) on 14 Apr 2014

If you're going to make a film about a guy taking calls from his car -- and if half of those calls are about concrete -- then you sure as hell…

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By Stella Papamichael (611) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 14 Apr 2014

This is a well-judged, well-acted, absorbing drama and an exciting break from the norm because - in the figurative sense - there are no signposts…

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By Matt Glasby (349) for Total Film (3,532) on 13 Apr 2014

As engrossing as any thriller, this quietly shattering character study, like Locke himself, achieves exactly what it sets out to, with the…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Star (403) on 13 Apr 2014

Locke may be on the blower for most of the film's 85 minute running time, but you can hardly accuse Hardy of phoning it in…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 13 Apr 2014

Hardy gives a fine, naturalistic performance, but the journey isn't much more than a radio play with flashing indicators…

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