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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 15 Jan 2021

In the end, we’re left with a gimmick movie that doesn’t come off, an accurate-enough artifact of the global lockdown of last spring that…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC (67) on 15 Jan 2021

Doug Liman’s gimmicky dud about a London diamond heist set during the pandemic falsely assumes that quarantined audiences are panting to…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 14 Jan 2021

It works far better as a partial document of life under lockdown than as a genre mash-up…

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By Chris Agar (104) for Screen Rant (892) on 14 Jan 2021

Locked Down is an average drama that relies on the strengths of its two lead actors to help elevate it above its various shortcomings…

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By Tropicaces (322) on 14 Jan 2021

I’ll give it points for trying to be topical and a motions for filming amid the pandemic, but the film is so aimless and takes way too long…

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By Natalia Winkelman (145) for The New York Times (9,847) on 14 Jan 2021

The best that Locked Down has to offer, at least while we remain in the throes of a deadly crisis, is a window into a luxurious space to quarantine…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 13 Jan 2021

It’s a daring mix of genres, but it works, as though Noah Baumbach had been called in to do a rewrite on “How to Steal a Million.” Steven…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 13 Jan 2021

Locked Down, at times, generates an uneasy mixture of intimacy and showiness, yet it’s a kick to watch a couple of actors who are this terrific…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 13 Jan 2021

If Hathaway and Ejiofor are sometimes saddled with talky theatrical monologues that sound far more like a screenwriter's fever dream than the…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 13 Jan 2021

If you’re looking for two hours of not-quite-escape, the solipsism of Locked Down has real charm and entertainment value, not least in its…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 13 Jan 2021

COVID-19 serves as a fitting backdrop for an amiable romp about the freedoms we take for granted, and the confines that dictated our lives…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 13 Jan 2021

Hathaway and Ejiofor seem excited to play edgier, less nice people than they often get the chance to, and the early scenes of them locking…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 13 Jan 2021

Maybe this all works, accidentally or not, as a time capsule of very contemporary irritation…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 13 Jan 2021

Thanks to Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway it's mildly watchable, but mostly an artifact that might look better after a few years in the…

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By Nick Allen (397) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 13 Jan 2021

In spite of the available chemistry and charisma from Hathaway and Ejiofor, Locked Down proves to be a bewildering mess, in part because of…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 13 Jan 2021

The picture’s just-a-lark tone, emphasised by the quick turnaround from script to final product, proves to be a double-edged sword: Locked…

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By Michael Frank (47) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Jan 2021

There are flashes of enjoyment and clarity, mostly within the home shared by Linda and Paxton, with Hathaway and Ejiofor showing their chemistry…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Jan 2021

I’m wary in general of making any definitive pronouncements about Locked Down, whose charms and irritations (and it has its share of both)…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jan 2021

Certainly, the actors seem to be having a good time, even if the people they’re playing are utterly miserable…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 13 Jan 2021

The actors take your mind off things when they can: I like the way Hathaway jabs her elbow at the elevator buttons for punctuation, and the…

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