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Ivan0716
It's good friday, have a Bloody Mary.dombrewer
"Mafia? I shit 'em!"Bless you, Bob Hoskins.
SteadyMovieGuy
The best gangster movie of all time. Requires several viewings to get all that is happening. Subtitles doesn't hurt either with the heavy accents. On my once a year required viewing list.captain canuck
A really cool British gangster movie. Great performances by Bob Hoskins and a young Hellen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan highlight a story about a gangster’s empire fall apart just about as he tries to move into legitimacy.Interesting stuff about Thatcher’s England, the rise of the common market, British American relations, and the IRA. An awesome synthetic score but the movie is hindered by a confusing opening scene that is supposed to tie the movie together.
nawi
Excellent dialogue and soundtrack. Interesting plot, too.shitmovies
Once of the best British crime movies ever made. Hugely prescient about London's impending doom.Forzelius
Masterful final shot. A really different crime flick that really highlights the era England was at back then. The narrative is hazy, almost feels like a sequel because there is no real introduction to the characters. A lot of details are left for the viewers to figure out.Matt Addis
Cool musicToljus
A masterclass from Hoskins, and one of the best final scenes of any film.Limbesdautomne
Bob Hoskins looks like Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar and steals the show.Read more in French on La Saveur des goûts amers.
Siskoid
Bob Hoskins is terrific as a London gangster trying to go straight as a real estate mogul in The Long Good Friday, and trying to drag his whole organization in with him. But this is a biting Noir, so all his associates, all his contacts, all his reflexes are all from the criminal underworld, and that's going to cause him problems. He's pushy, he's vengeful, and there is an underlying question of whether this is "straight" business after all, and he's only really being stymied by his lower-class status (it's a British film, so it has to be at least partly about class). When his men start getting bumped off in pretty spectacular ways (check out young Pierce Brosnan as a silent assassin!), he's desperate to find out why and by whom before his deal with the Americans falls through. The violence is harsh but cool. Helen Mirren is great as Hoskins' partner in love and business. The dialog is witty. And I really love that ending. So if you're looking for a Holiday fare to watch around Easter (I'm kidding, watch it any old time), The Long Good Friday is the fun'n'nasty crime picture to break your fast with.Zeltaebar
The thick London dialect and confused plotting does occasionaly step in the way of an otherwise superb gangster flick with Bob Hoskins turning in one of the best performances in his distinguised career. The plot is clever, though overly convoluted, but interest is kept high throughout thanks to the brilliant ensemble cast and the movie's high energy and styleSkyscore
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