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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 17 Dec 2017

A Victorian thriller with rather heavy echoes of Jack the Ripper, this film struggles to rise above the murky atmosphere it weaves…

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By Josh Cabrita (87) for Cinema Scope (405) on 10 Nov 2017

The feminist critique is present in the dialogue and narrative structure, but it hardly feels integrated into the performances or the images…

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By Marija Djurovic (345) for Cairo360 (405) on 08 Nov 2017

The major problem lies with the story's all-too playful tone which diminishes the story's impact and the film's overall lack of originality…

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By Travis Johnson (154) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 22 Oct 2017

the best 19th century feminist backstage drama/murder mystery you'll see this year…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 12 Oct 2017

The solid cast, including Eddie Marsan as a theatre impresario nicknamed Uncle, and Daniel Mays as Kildare's trusted lieutenant, helps keep…

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By Nathalie Atkinson (93) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 12 Oct 2017

It doesn't quite succeed, in spite of a playful, self-consciously unreliable narrative that mixes flashbacks and fantasy solutions to the case…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 11 Oct 2017

While The Limehouse Golem does offer the chance to spend some time with the companionable Bill Nighy, as a police detective in 1880s London,…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 02 Oct 2017

As summer draws to a close, at least it's something different, the twists and turns of the last lap are genuinely good and the final dedication…

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By Gerard Casau (11) for Sensacine (386) on 20 Sep 2017

The violent impetuosity of its last scenes perfectly transmit the spirit of a film that shows the construction of an identity from the grand…

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By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 14 Sep 2017

The twists and turns aren't quite of Sherlock proportions, but…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for Mark Leeper's Reviews (297) on 14 Sep 2017

The mystery is perhaps not enough mysterious, but the acting and the look and feel are worth the trip…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 13 Sep 2017

There isn't much resting beneath the hood, so to speak, just elements of genre and craftsmanship buttressed by good work from the film's leads…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 10 Sep 2017

The moviemakers have more on their minds than mounting a Ripper-like Sherlockian detective case with an unusual blend of grit and lushness…

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By Chris Alexander (75) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 10 Sep 2017

For those of us whose hearts skip beats at seeing good actors dressed in finery and speaking such eloquent prose (Jane Goldman's script is…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for Movie Boeuf (266) on 09 Sep 2017

Fans of oom-pah-pah revelry, Hammer Horrors, and Victorian-era introspection should find plenty to whet their appetites in The Limehouse Golem…

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By Nathanael Hood (305) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 07 Sep 2017

The Limehouse Golem is perfect pulp: it isn't particularly scary or suspenseful, but it does deliver the grind house goods…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 07 Sep 2017

Gruesomely enjoyable period pulp... a flamboyant piece of Grand Guignol…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 07 Sep 2017

Some stylish visual flourishes elevate an otherwise muddled murder mystery in this grisly and evocative period piece…

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By Simon Abrams (730) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 07 Sep 2017

The Limehouse Golem only reflects its creators' lack of imagination…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for New England Movies Weekly (716) on 07 Sep 2017

An atmospheric murder mystery that may not achieve blockbuster status yet it draws you into its world and its mystery…

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