David Coleman One of my favourite films of all time. I must've watched it at least 20 times and I love Gleeson, Farrell and Fiennes, in fact the entire cast. I think there's a depth to "In Bruges" and its characters that really touched me. Added to which, it's very funny.
Still love the reviews even when I disagree with you. I thought The Gentlemen was immensely fun. Some dumb plot mechanics but all the actors and the dialogue was really fun and quick. I quite enjoyed it
Just came out of watching this in Australia and it’s absolutely awesome. It kept me entertained all the way through, Hugh Grant steals the film for me. Have your brain switched on when seeing it and you’ll have a great time. A +
This film is a highly enjoyable gangster romp and I thought everyone was good in it, loved Colin Farrell and Hugh grant the most. Mark will never like this type of film so take little notice of his opinion.
@@OtisF96 Understand your irony but I'd change the ironic quotation marks and say -the problem is that Mark likes "good" films. One should be able to appreciate Kubrick or Ritchie, for the main thing ;enjoyable film-making.
I totally agree, even though I dislike films about criminals just like Kermode. I couldn't watch more than 20 mins of Irish Man (I haven't given up yet). But Ritchie always makes his films very entertaining, graceful and lighthearted, they don't feel turgid or over the top. Camera work and editing don't evoke ADHD in you even though they are fast-paced. There's always great music, colours, acting. I even liked King Arthur. That film ended up a slight mess thanks to studio interference, and it's really easy to see (simply if you know about release date delays). And I'm saying this not as his fan (I haven't watched Aladin and never will), I like Villeneuve, Fincher, etc. much more. But Guy Ritchie really makes gangster movies that are actually watchable. I like Kermode too, but here he makes very unnecessary generalisations - that Hugh Grant is embodying all of the press, that the protagonists are embodying ALL the criminals, but why? They weren't even supercorny archetypal types, they were original fictional characters. Yes, Mahogany was compared to a lion and mumbled all those philosophical lines, but they were simply making fun of that Lincoln ad and True Detective stuff, and it's not hard to see.
bodfishhh it was so goddamn confusing. I had no idea what was going on for the first 40 minutes cause of all the flashbacks and flash forwards and then they’re talking about it as if it’s a script and it’s not real but then it is real and then characters make dumb decisions and aren’t as smart as the movie props them up to be. 3/5 being generous, the characters were likeable at least.
@@jamesg8175 Well, if you can count on pretty much always disagreeing with him, then you CAN value his opinion. If he hates a movie, then you'll probably like it. Job done :D Clearly this wasn't a movie for him, and it's his loss really.
100%. He doesn’t seem to be able to separate his personal dislike for GR films from his professional reviews. He needs to at least be aware of it in his line of work.
Totally agree, his biggest weakness is making personal projections into “arguments” against specific targets (Guy in this case) and his “critique” looses so much credibility unfortunately. Ego is often - in those cases - larger than the movie viewing experience, which is worse than the worse movie, to watch and hear
@@vooveks you sound as though you actually have a problem with that. It's not as if he's claiming 'In Bruges' is the greatest film ever, only that it's the one he enjoys the most.
Went to see it last night and loved it-as did the the rest of the audience,judging by the reaction. Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell had the best lines-haven't laughed as much out loud in a movie for a while. You know what you're going to see a Guy Ritchie for and this delivers on all levels.
The Gentleman was an excellent film. Totally disagree with this review, but respect it. It seems like its not his type of film so he wasn't going to like it. If you're a Guy Ritchie fan, or a fan of these films go and see it!
I love Kermode but he really doesnt like Guy Richie especially the brit gangster stuff so hes usually negative about them. Films are still opinion a lot of the time at the end of the day
This is kinda off-topic, but TV-version Peaky Blinders may have started out as anti-heroes but by the third season their thuggishness stopped being kinda charming and cool and felt exactly as it is. The show didn't seem to notice, though, and still expected you to like these people and root for them in their thuggish perils.
Renata Trigulova, I completely agree. Once your protagonists stop being the underdog, they’re just engaging in thuggery to keep their illegal businesses afloat. And you stop rooting for them very quickly. Also, I can’t bear the whole faux-feminist, “look at our tough, smoking swearing ladies” shtick. They’re all just nasty arseholes.
The Sopranos did this expertly. The characters were obviously terrible but they were charming and funny so you forgot it. By the end they left you in no doubt our favourite characters were at their core evil psychopaths and they had us fooled too.
@@kevinm2832 I feel differently about the final seasons of the sopranos where to me some of the worst turns of some characters felt very artificial and at odds from who they were at the start of the show. And even in the first season you immediatly had a sense that these people would do anyone harm if there was 5 dollars in it. By the end Tony mainly just kept making sadistic decisions that I felt were off
@@vanessaheine8093 To me they showed their true colors with the character of Grace who had a remarkable life's journey: from an intelligent and principled spy to some young toff's trophy wife and eventually to a gangster's trophy wife, killed off to make the said gangster's life seem more tragic. It's even more appalling if your think that the actress, Annabelle Wallis, died on screen at least 4 (!!!) times in different movies/tv shows for that same purpose...
@@dogshitballs it's just close minded to think of a director like "he made THAT movie", since directors learn from their mistakes and improve on them and The Gentlemen is a perfect example of that.
Absolutely cracking film, very entertaining great performances from Hugh Grant ,Colin Farrel et al, yes it is a bit mockney but also fast moving stylish funny and cool Mayo does have a point real gangsters arent nice people and should not be glamourised but this is a film not a documentary 5 out of 5 for me.
Lol don't compare lock stock and snatch with the gentleman, the gentleman is like guy Ritchie trying to impersonate his old style of gangster film and failing terribly.
The Gentlemen is a brilliant movie. It is witty and exciting with great acting. Nostalgic for lovers of Guy Ritchie's "snatch" and "lock, stock and two smoking barrels".
"A bunch of middle-class people who know each other laughing at each other's jokes" ^Not just 'late night review shows' but every BBC smug-fest _panel show_ in the last twenty or so years as well. ;)
It does sound like the same critique levelled at certain kinds comedians who find success and suddenly lose touch with the very thing that they were referencing. I can totally understand that Lock Stock was written by a bloke who was steeped in that culture but that The Gentlemen was written by a bloke who had some vague memory of that culture while sipping his third glass of Dom Perignon '98 on the first class flight to LA...
Snatch and Lock Stock were good, the rest of Ritchie’s stuff has been dire IMO. Haven’t seen this latest yet but was hoping it was a return to form. The fact that Kermode didn’t like it along with his other cockney gangster films bodes well! 😂
This was a fantastic piece of entertainment, one of guys best in years. I dont think this was the ki d of flick you really need to think too hard about, just a well structured action flick.
I loved it and I wasn't a massive fan of Lock stock or Snatch. Hugh Grant steals every scene he in in. I would implore people to ignore this review, go and see it and make up your own mind.
Peter Reed while I did like those earlier movies, I totally agree with you. And this one shows a filmmaker way more mature and accomplished now than he was then.
Just watched it... fantastical fun. Not meant to be serious . Kind of like a comic strip. Totally get kermode’s points but sometimes I just want to escape with frivolous shite with a bit of style. When I want genius and gritty crime drama I watch the wire
I really really enjoyed Lock, Stock, Snatch, the Sherlock Holmes films and Man from UNCLE. I thought King Arthur and Rock n’ Rolla were enjoyable. Yes, real criminals are horrible. But where do we draw the line? The Ocean’s series is about criminals. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot are criminals, Cool Hand Luke is about criminals etc. etc.
@@davidjames579 Oz and The Sopranos are two of the best written TV shows of all time. Most of the characters are thoroughly unlikeable. The dialogue and storylines are so fully realised, you get lost in these characters worlds for a brief time and forget that they're all out murdering psychopaths
@@GG57 In Oz though some of the characters had at least some redeemable qualities - Beecher. Kareem Said, or because of what they endured you actually wanted some peace for them - e.g. Alvarez.
Do these two know they’re reviewing a movie and not a documentary. If they want an accurate portrayal of gangsters, I can name a few postcodes, no cinema ticket fee required, just a TFL fare.
Tangentially off-topic comment: What I took away from this review? I’d absolutely *love* to visit a pub owned by Mark Kermode! Conditions of entry to the premises? *All* conversations *must* be *Wittertainment-based!* Grounds for being barred for life? *Anybody* who *actually liked* the 'Sex & the City,' 'Transformers' or 'Entourage' films!
The Sherlock Holmes films are indeed very good and they're the only Guy Ritchie films that he doesn't script himself. I think that I can see the problem. He's a film-maker; he's not a writer.
I disagree with mark on this one. I enjoyed it a lot, the dialog was great, I thought the story moved on at a good pace and the high grant character holds a lot of it together.
Its corny and stupid portrayals of “english gangsters” was not even close to reality nor were they anywhere as interesting as those from his past films .
Movie is brilliant, best since snatch. Hearing a guy review the movie with bias and summarise it in a uncharming and unintriguing way is a disservice to the movie and his occupation. Check it out
Eh I just saw it. It's the same thing as before just without a maguffin. It's actors having fun being highly exaggerated geezers. If you like that it will be fine but if you want anything more out of the film and are sick of seeing Ritchie do the same schtick every criticism is fairly valid.
@@zaydossful it's about as entertaining as the amount of his films you've seen. If you've watched all of them it's just more of the same which is fairly boring after awhile. It's not aggressively bad like Revolver it's just sorta forgettable like Rocknrolla. I didn't find it funny or interesting plus you can basically call the entire plot but it's fine. Colin Farrel was the best thing in it, not even his dialogue (which was pretty flat imo) but just his line delivery was the funniest thing in the movie. By more I just want a surprising plot and memorable characters. Both if those things were non-existent in the film imo.
Personally I loved this movies. It gave me very much British Tarantino vibes. The standout was definitely Hugh Grant, taking on a role completely different to what anyone would expect of him. If he wasn’t in the opening I don’t think most people would have realised that was him. I will admit parts of it feel a bit try-hard, especially with the non-chronological elements of the story (a bit like Layer Cake, which did the same thing) which led to it all feeling about over-complicated and I couldn’t really follow it by the end, but I still enjoyed the film.
Just seen The Gentlemen with my partner and we both throughly enjoyed it: every single minute. What a brilliant film. Mark's wrong on this one. The cast are fantastic, great story, funny as well.
Sorry Mark, I have to disagree . I loved the film particularly Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant who both stole the show. I thought it was hugely entertaining and funny.
I mean it was ok. My father saw Colin Farrell have a break from film outside a cafe since the film was filmed near where his partner lives. He took me there an hour before seeing film and then we recognized owner who was an extra in film.
Completely missing the point. It's CARTOONERY! Ritchie's film's aren't mean't be taken so seriously and analysed within an inch of their life! It's just escapist nonsense.
being escapist nonsense doesn't absolve a film of needing to be good also if you've ever heard guy Ritchie talk about the "symbolism" in revolver you'd know that he doesn't see his films that way, and thinks himself a lot cleverer than he actually is
Loved this movie. I'm sure Mark can disect it and come up with reasons as to why it's no good but that's irrelevant because it's a great bit of entertainment. The whole is more than the sum of it's parts. If you don't find it entertaining I don't know what you want, some fantastic performances.
FINALLY! I just saw the film and went through all of the major youtube reviewers and Mark is the first one who finally gets across how pompous and aggrandizing the film was. I thought it was a decently well made film with some great funny dialogue but so much of it was about praising how cool the rich and powerful gangster men were without any self awareness to their nastiness.
'I found it coming across as irritatingly smug and a little bit annoying and rubbish'. Mark you really should stop projecting it's not healthy for you 🤣
Oh man that's an interesting take I absolutely loved the movie. It kind of reminds me of how Mark was also annoyed by films like 500 Days of Summer and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
I actually knew about her appearing in Pygmalion(Peter Hall’s production on stage), but her accent in this film just made me think of it; and yes, I know she has a slight Eastuary twang to her accent in real life (being from Essex and her mother from the East End).
alphabetaxenonzzzcat I had only seen her a bit in Downton and was surprised in an interview haha Not seen Pygmalion or My Fair Lady (only clips) but would like to see her in it :)
Were people so hungry for pre-Madonna Guy Ritchie they thought this was a good film? The Gentleman came across like someone trying to do a Guy Ritchie film to lesser effect. I was honestly surprised this was a Guy Ritchie film; like that mistaken belief Michael Bay directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles because TMNT was so similar to the Transformer films. Guy moved a long way away from Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. I don't think he's ever going to get the old magic back.
I really hope not, it felt really tired to me. Certainly one and done, entertaining enough for a few hours but I'll never watch it again. I think Revolver is my favourite, but that's if I've put the correct title to the correct film. But that's Guy all over, I can't quite tell them apart.
I have a lot of respect for Mark Kermode but there are certain films, that you know when you watch them, he is not going to be a fan of and I knew that The Gentlemen would fall into that category. Personally, for all its silliness (and there is a lot) I really enjoyed it.
If you guys are confused or saddened by this review, take into account that Mark doesnt like any Guy Ritchie gangster film, so if you like lock stock or snatch, you’ll probably like this
Kermode famously said that he was once struck in the face by a random member of the public after he first reviewed Blue Velvet and said it was not a film worth watching. The person told him that he just didn’t get it which then led him to rewatch ,reevaluate said film with a complete change in opinion. I think the same might need to be done again for this film...😉
The big problem for me here was the awkward portrayal of the Triad gang. Like the 'pikey' jokes of Snatch, I think it's simply not something that sits alongside the stock comedy Eastender-gangster; it's just racist 'Eastern Menace' stuff. Was painful to watch.
Once again the rule is accurate. If film reviewers give a bad review of a film then it's worth watching and vice versa. "The Gentlemen" is probably one of the best films put out in the last decade.
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In Bruges is utterly brilliant.
My man
David Coleman One of my favourite films of all time. I must've watched it at least 20 times and I love Gleeson, Farrell and Fiennes, in fact the entire cast. I think there's a depth to "In Bruges" and its characters that really touched me. Added to which, it's very funny.
@@pamelaatkinsonscats2873 seesaw gets me every time
Agree. God knows what Simon mayos been doing all this time.
- I didn't even know where Bruges was. .... It's in Belgium.
Agreed. Fiennes is on top form in that one, and so is Farrell. Great writing as well.
Great how he gives up and just sticks with 'Mahogany' early on 😂
Bracher T I wonder if he was doing it deliberately. Maybe he has some kind of a beef with Mr Mahogany
Mark's a busy guy, he doesn't have time to keep pronuncing certain names correctly.
Yes I noticed this. 😂
@@darkbarker it's just a it of fun. He called Orlando Bloom 'Orloondo Bland' 😂
Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper were right. Southerners do say mahogany at least twice a day.
Still love the reviews even when I disagree with you. I thought The Gentlemen was immensely fun. Some dumb plot mechanics but all the actors and the dialogue was really fun and quick. I quite enjoyed it
Movie was funnier and more entertaining than i expected.
5:07 for Mark's fax machine impression
Just came out of watching this in Australia and it’s absolutely awesome. It kept me entertained all the way through, Hugh Grant steals the film for me. Have your brain switched on when seeing it and you’ll have a great time. A +
How was colin in the movie?
Francis Drake He plays a gym owner called coach and has some of the best comical lines.
@@jasongoodacre No he phucing doesnt!
@@fradrake11 Brilliant.
Jason Goodacre how can I have my brain switched off if is super confusing and muddled in the first act.
This film is a highly enjoyable gangster romp and I thought everyone was good in it, loved Colin Farrell and Hugh grant the most.
Mark will never like this type of film so take little notice of his opinion.
@@OtisF96 Understand your irony but I'd change the ironic quotation marks and say -the problem is that Mark likes "good" films. One should be able to appreciate Kubrick or Ritchie, for the main thing ;enjoyable film-making.
Hold on a minute don’t we go to the Cinema to escape from ordinary life. This movie was awesome, Guy Ritchie back to his best. 8/10.
Ryan Butterworth the shame is that Ritchie’s best is only just good enough
Ryan Butterworth, I agree with you. Loved it. As did my buddy I went with.
It’s a very entertaining film, I don’t think it’s trying to be anything else
People... Star Wars...Toxic fans.....can't enjoy anything anymore etc.
Normally really like Kermode’s reviews but couldn’t disagree more on this one. Brilliant funny film 9/10. Just don’t think this style is for him.
I totally agree, even though I dislike films about criminals just like Kermode. I couldn't watch more than 20 mins of Irish Man (I haven't given up yet). But Ritchie always makes his films very entertaining, graceful and lighthearted, they don't feel turgid or over the top. Camera work and editing don't evoke ADHD in you even though they are fast-paced. There's always great music, colours, acting. I even liked King Arthur. That film ended up a slight mess thanks to studio interference, and it's really easy to see (simply if you know about release date delays). And I'm saying this not as his fan (I haven't watched Aladin and never will), I like Villeneuve, Fincher, etc. much more. But Guy Ritchie really makes gangster movies that are actually watchable.
I like Kermode too, but here he makes very unnecessary generalisations - that Hugh Grant is embodying all of the press, that the protagonists are embodying ALL the criminals, but why? They weren't even supercorny archetypal types, they were original fictional characters. Yes, Mahogany was compared to a lion and mumbled all those philosophical lines, but they were simply making fun of that Lincoln ad and True Detective stuff, and it's not hard to see.
not WOKE enough for Mark
bodfishhh it was so goddamn confusing. I had no idea what was going on for the first 40 minutes cause of all the flashbacks and flash forwards and then they’re talking about it as if it’s a script and it’s not real but then it is real and then characters make dumb decisions and aren’t as smart as the movie props them up to be. 3/5 being generous, the characters were likeable at least.
@@Ira__L You say you dislike films about criminals but some of the greatest films ever made are about criminals...
Same here. Loved it. Laughed through so much of it, I have to see it again.
I like Mark Kermode and value his judgment generally, but he is not the reviewer to be listening to about this film.
@@jamesg8175 Well, if you can count on pretty much always disagreeing with him, then you CAN value his opinion. If he hates a movie, then you'll probably like it. Job done :D
Clearly this wasn't a movie for him, and it's his loss really.
@@rebeccaschade3987 but it's not his loss is it
I feel like Kermode hates Guy Ritchie on a personal level. For the life of me, I don't understand his immense dislike for everything the man has done.
100%. He doesn’t seem to be able to separate his personal dislike for GR films from his professional reviews. He needs to at least be aware of it in his line of work.
In the first minute of this video he says he liked the Sherlock films and Alladin was alright...
Totally agree, his biggest weakness is making personal projections into “arguments” against specific targets (Guy in this case) and his “critique” looses so much credibility unfortunately. Ego is often - in those cases - larger than the movie viewing experience, which is worse than the worse movie, to watch and hear
Cause he’s a terrible filmmaker lol
In Bruges is my favourite film, nice to hear Mark talk about it
Have you seen Lucky number Slevin. Did not get good reviews at the tume but its a great film.
@@Northstar-Media brilliant flick the twists are brilliant
@@vooveks only have to see one
@@vooveks At least 23, I'm not entirely sure - I can't count once I run out of fingers and toes
@@vooveks you sound as though you actually have a problem with that. It's not as if he's claiming 'In Bruges' is the greatest film ever, only that it's the one he enjoys the most.
Went to see it last night and loved it-as did the the rest of the audience,judging by the reaction.
Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell had the best lines-haven't laughed as much out loud in a movie for a while.
You know what you're going to see a Guy Ritchie for and this delivers on all levels.
The Gentleman was an excellent film. Totally disagree with this review, but respect it. It seems like its not his type of film so he wasn't going to like it. If you're a Guy Ritchie fan, or a fan of these films go and see it!
I love Kermode but he really doesnt like Guy Richie especially the brit gangster stuff so hes usually negative about them. Films are still opinion a lot of the time at the end of the day
This is kinda off-topic, but TV-version Peaky Blinders may have started out as anti-heroes but by the third season their thuggishness stopped being kinda charming and cool and felt exactly as it is. The show didn't seem to notice, though, and still expected you to like these people and root for them in their thuggish perils.
Renata Trigulova, I completely agree. Once your protagonists stop being the underdog, they’re just engaging in thuggery to keep their illegal businesses afloat. And you stop rooting for them very quickly. Also, I can’t bear the whole faux-feminist, “look at our tough, smoking swearing ladies” shtick. They’re all just nasty arseholes.
The Sopranos did this expertly. The characters were obviously terrible but they were charming and funny so you forgot it. By the end they left you in no doubt our favourite characters were at their core evil psychopaths and they had us fooled too.
@@kevinm2832 I feel differently about the final seasons of the sopranos where to me some of the worst turns of some characters felt very artificial and at odds from who they were at the start of the show. And even in the first season you immediatly had a sense that these people would do anyone harm if there was 5 dollars in it. By the end Tony mainly just kept making sadistic decisions that I felt were off
@@ultra7021 I always enjoyed Silvio and the moment he dragged Adriana from the car was 💔 to me lol.
@@vanessaheine8093 To me they showed their true colors with the character of Grace who had a remarkable life's journey: from an intelligent and principled spy to some young toff's trophy wife and eventually to a gangster's trophy wife, killed off to make the said gangster's life seem more tragic. It's even more appalling if your think that the actress, Annabelle Wallis, died on screen at least 4 (!!!) times in different movies/tv shows for that same purpose...
"He's the guy that wrote revolver", yeah he's also the guy who wrote and directed Snatch and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
Yes, and since the time he wrote Lock Stock, and Snatch he is the guy that brought you..... Revolver "a true trash fire"
@@dogshitballs it's just close minded to think of a director like "he made THAT movie", since directors learn from their mistakes and improve on them and The Gentlemen is a perfect example of that.
@@chronickiwi7747 But if he didn't like the movie, how can he come to the conclusion that he learned from his mistakes?
Absolutely cracking film, very entertaining great performances from Hugh Grant ,Colin Farrel et al, yes it is a bit mockney but also fast moving stylish funny and cool Mayo does have a point real gangsters arent nice people and should not be glamourised but this is a film not a documentary 5 out of 5 for me.
If you love Lock, stock and Snatch then you're gonna like The Gentlemen.
That's good enough for me
Snatch meets rocknrolla awesome film one of his best
Totally agree
Agreed. Great film.
Lol don't compare lock stock and snatch with the gentleman, the gentleman is like guy Ritchie trying to impersonate his old style of gangster film and failing terribly.
The scene in the car at the end was taken from the ending of Bob Hoskins' Long Good Friday...
Exactly what I said to my wife when we watched it.
Just watched it. I thought The Gentlemen was great and so did my girlfriend.
Wow , you should do reviews for a career
I just don’t know why people feel the need to brag about such minor things.
Your girlfriend said she hated it when she watched it with me
The Gentlemen is a brilliant movie. It is witty and exciting with great acting. Nostalgic for lovers of Guy Ritchie's "snatch" and "lock, stock and two smoking barrels".
"Irritatingly smug, a little bit annoying and rubbish" perfect way to describe this review.
Allan Snackbar nah mark nailed it perfectly
Elliot Gillies nah
Natsu Dragion77 yee 😆
"A bunch of middle-class people who know each other laughing at each other's jokes"
^Not just 'late night review shows' but every BBC smug-fest _panel show_ in the last twenty or so years as well. ;)
Just what I was thinking!!!
It does sound like the same critique levelled at certain kinds comedians who find success and suddenly lose touch with the very thing that they were referencing. I can totally understand that Lock Stock was written by a bloke who was steeped in that culture but that The Gentlemen was written by a bloke who had some vague memory of that culture while sipping his third glass of Dom Perignon '98 on the first class flight to LA...
@Ice Hockey is Pretty Pretty Good fair point... 😂
Snatch and Lock Stock were good, the rest of Ritchie’s stuff has been dire IMO. Haven’t seen this latest yet but was hoping it was a return to form. The fact that Kermode didn’t like it along with his other cockney gangster films bodes well! 😂
It’s awesome, dont listen to this guy
I take it Mark Kermode's is not Guy Ritchie fan then? This movie he is slating is fantastic.
I feel like if this came out in the mid-2000s Mark would’ve properly slated this like he did with Revolver and RockNRolla 😂
I like kermode but he lost me here when he said " there are words you just can't say "
This was a fantastic piece of entertainment, one of guys best in years. I dont think this was the ki d of flick you really need to think too hard about, just a well structured action flick.
I loved it and I wasn't a massive fan of Lock stock or Snatch. Hugh Grant steals every scene he in in. I would implore people to ignore this review, go and see it and make up your own mind.
Peter Reed while I did like those earlier movies, I totally agree with you. And this one shows a filmmaker way more mature and accomplished now than he was then.
Just watched it... fantastical fun. Not meant to be serious . Kind of like a comic strip. Totally get kermode’s points but sometimes I just want to escape with frivolous shite with a bit of style.
When I want genius and gritty crime drama I watch the wire
Save 8 minutes. Kermode didn't like it.
I really really enjoyed Lock, Stock, Snatch, the Sherlock Holmes films and Man from UNCLE. I thought King Arthur and Rock n’ Rolla were enjoyable.
Yes, real criminals are horrible. But where do we draw the line? The Ocean’s series is about criminals. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot are criminals, Cool Hand Luke is about criminals etc. etc.
@@davidjames579 Oz and The Sopranos are two of the best written TV shows of all time. Most of the characters are thoroughly unlikeable. The dialogue and storylines are so fully realised, you get lost in these characters worlds for a brief time and forget that they're all out murdering psychopaths
@@GG57 In Oz though some of the characters had at least some redeemable qualities - Beecher. Kareem Said, or because of what they endured you actually wanted some peace for them - e.g. Alvarez.
Colin Farrell was one of the best parts this film was quality mate u have no idea what ur on about
@@Nathan-gd7xq what ? I just think the film is really gd and Colin farrell played a big part in that.
Do these two know they’re reviewing a movie and not a documentary. If they want an accurate portrayal of gangsters, I can name a few postcodes, no cinema ticket fee required, just a TFL fare.
grewalb26 oh do share 😂
Tangentially off-topic comment: What I took away from this review? I’d absolutely *love* to visit a pub owned by Mark Kermode! Conditions of entry to the premises? *All* conversations *must* be *Wittertainment-based!* Grounds for being barred for life? *Anybody* who *actually liked* the 'Sex & the City,' 'Transformers' or 'Entourage' films!
Lorna Ginette Harrison Zack Snyder & Danny Dyer are also barred
They say things they "shouldn't be allowed to say"? Settle down there Mao.
“They say things they shouldn’t be able to say” was a bit of a surprise to hear from Mark. I’m intrigued...
The Sherlock Holmes films are indeed very good and they're the only Guy Ritchie films that he doesn't script himself. I think that I can see the problem. He's a film-maker; he's not a writer.
Matthew Mahogany is one of the best woods out there for sure
If Mark HAD gone ahead and said that the dialogue is literally peeling the wallpaper off the walls, my head would have literally exploded.
@Chris Darby Ironically. 🙂
I disagree with mark on this one. I enjoyed it a lot, the dialog was great, I thought the story moved on at a good pace and the high grant character holds a lot of it together.
Its corny and stupid portrayals of “english gangsters” was not even close to reality nor were they anywhere as interesting as those from his past films .
@@humanoid6255 Doesnt need to be reality. It's a comedy and as with any comedy, everything is exaggerated.
Movie is brilliant, best since snatch. Hearing a guy review the movie with bias and summarise it in a uncharming and unintriguing way is a disservice to the movie and his occupation. Check it out
Great movie
Eh I just saw it. It's the same thing as before just without a maguffin. It's actors having fun being highly exaggerated geezers. If you like that it will be fine but if you want anything more out of the film and are sick of seeing Ritchie do the same schtick every criticism is fairly valid.
@@danielyoung6778 it's a entertaining and fun movie, I don't think by the trailer u would go into the movie expecting anything more anyway
@@zaydossful it's about as entertaining as the amount of his films you've seen. If you've watched all of them it's just more of the same which is fairly boring after awhile. It's not aggressively bad like Revolver it's just sorta forgettable like Rocknrolla. I didn't find it funny or interesting plus you can basically call the entire plot but it's fine. Colin Farrel was the best thing in it, not even his dialogue (which was pretty flat imo) but just his line delivery was the funniest thing in the movie.
By more I just want a surprising plot and memorable characters. Both if those things were non-existent in the film imo.
@@danielyoung6778 if that's your opinion fe, I do think most people will have fun with it tho
Literally every point he made is incorrect. Fantastic film, Ritchie's best film yet.
Personally I loved this movies. It gave me very much British Tarantino vibes. The standout was definitely Hugh Grant, taking on a role completely different to what anyone would expect of him. If he wasn’t in the opening I don’t think most people would have realised that was him. I will admit parts of it feel a bit try-hard, especially with the non-chronological elements of the story (a bit like Layer Cake, which did the same thing) which led to it all feeling about over-complicated and I couldn’t really follow it by the end, but I still enjoyed the film.
I loved The Man From UNCLE I hope Ritchie makes another
I loved that film great chemistry amongst the cast
I loved that film.
Just seen The Gentlemen with my partner and we both throughly enjoyed it: every single minute. What a brilliant film. Mark's wrong on this one. The cast are fantastic, great story, funny as well.
That's Me agreed!
Mark is wrong more than he's right
How can someone’s opinion be wrong , we should all agree to disagree.
I really enjoyed it, can't see the comparison to in Bruges though. It's a fun crime caper, I wouldn't really try and think to much into it.
Sorry Mark, I have to disagree . I loved the film particularly Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant who both stole the show. I thought it was hugely entertaining and funny.
Haha, how quick was Simon to respond with a resounding 'NO!' when asked could he do an impression of Hugh Grant's character? Instantaneous 😄
Alright me old china, going down the rub-a-dub? I need to get some pie and mash from the Jordell. 😉🤣. That’s the mockney dialogue for you.
@Chris Darby ...or roll-mops. I love roll-mops, me. They don't half pen & ink, though.
I can help thinking it is being criticised for being exactly what it was intended to be
Come on, Snatch and Lock Stock were great. They're just meant to be fun. Glad Ritchie is going back to gangster
The man from uncle is very underrated. Such a fun movie with great performances.
You haven't seen In Bruges, for shame sir for shame!
I mean it was ok. My father saw Colin Farrell have a break from film outside a cafe since the film was filmed near where his partner lives. He took me there an hour before seeing film and then we recognized owner who was an extra in film.
Completely missing the point.
It's CARTOONERY!
Ritchie's film's aren't mean't be taken so seriously and analysed within an inch of their life!
It's just escapist nonsense.
being escapist nonsense doesn't absolve a film of needing to be good
also if you've ever heard guy Ritchie talk about the "symbolism" in revolver you'd know that he doesn't see his films that way, and thinks himself a lot cleverer than he actually is
@@vvvictoriav5958 😂😂😂😴
@@vvvictoriav5958 revolver didn't work for me, but I'm probably missing something.....or it's just sh2t
This dude just said Matthew MAHOGANY!. Mahogany like the wood! Lol 1:10
Man From UNCLE was fantastic.
I enjoyed the hell out of that film
Can't see Matthew mahogany without thinking back to True Detective s1. Great tv
Loved this movie. I'm sure Mark can disect it and come up with reasons as to why it's no good but that's irrelevant because it's a great bit of entertainment.
The whole is more than the sum of it's parts.
If you don't find it entertaining I don't know what you want, some fantastic performances.
FINALLY! I just saw the film and went through all of the major youtube reviewers and Mark is the first one who finally gets across how pompous and aggrandizing the film was. I thought it was a decently well made film with some great funny dialogue but so much of it was about praising how cool the rich and powerful gangster men were without any self awareness to their nastiness.
Really think Mark K has got it totally wrong on this one. Fun, fast dialogue, great photography. Brilliant cast. Great score. It’s well worth a watch.
Colin Farrell is better as a character actor.
'I found it coming across as irritatingly smug and a little bit annoying and rubbish'. Mark you really should stop projecting it's not healthy for you 🤣
Hot damn Simon can hold his own review-wise.
Mark actually says Mahogany at 1:09...
Deliberately. It's a running joke on the show whenever Mcconaughey is a topic. He also regularly refers to Hugh Jackman as "Huge Action".
@@bokehintheussr5033 McGHEEEEE
At precisely 1:08 “Mathew MA HOG ANY” 😂🤣
The Gentlemen is a superb film, enjoyed every minute of it.
Oh man that's an interesting take I absolutely loved the movie. It kind of reminds me of how Mark was also annoyed by films like 500 Days of Summer and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
This movie was rank. I completely agree with Mark. 3/10.
Michelle Dockery does he rehearsal for Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” in this! 😉🤣
@@rowanc88 She played it at The Old Vic years before Downton Abbey, she was great in the role.
I actually knew about her appearing in Pygmalion(Peter Hall’s production on stage), but her accent in this film just made me think of it; and yes, I know she has a slight Eastuary twang to her accent in real life (being from Essex and her mother from the East End).
alphabetaxenonzzzcat I had only seen her a bit in Downton and was surprised in an interview haha Not seen Pygmalion or My Fair Lady (only clips) but would like to see her in it :)
Were people so hungry for pre-Madonna Guy Ritchie they thought this was a good film? The Gentleman came across like someone trying to do a Guy Ritchie film to lesser effect. I was honestly surprised this was a Guy Ritchie film; like that mistaken belief Michael Bay directed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles because TMNT was so similar to the Transformer films.
Guy moved a long way away from Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. I don't think he's ever going to get the old magic back.
What's the brand Colin wears in the film?
Simon Mayo is morphing into Christopher Walken don't you think.
If he is then he's taking his time. Ha ha
Four minutes until Mark takes a sharp left and starts re-reviewing a film he saw years ago. Incredibly, it's not The Exorcist.
These two fellas have made my life living abroad so much more enjoyable and homesick at the same time - but I love it!
Watched half an hour of it, couldn't bear it, turned it off and wondered what Mark had to say about it. He did not disappoint.
the metafictional aspect of this cinematic outing makes this special
I believe this film will be regarded as a classic in years to come.
I really hope not, it felt really tired to me.
Certainly one and done, entertaining enough for a few hours but I'll never watch it again.
I think Revolver is my favourite, but that's if I've put the correct title to the correct film.
But that's Guy all over, I can't quite tell them apart.
Mahogany 😂 and I've just listened to an Elis and John podcast where Mark gets a right cob on because they slightly mispronounce his surname.
I think this shows Simon needs to watch In Bruges a.s.a.p. Fair enough talking about Colin's performance, but Brendan Gleeson is superb for me.
He praises Colin's performance in In Bruges. Weren't you listening?
Tristan Burke He’s referring to Simon Mayo, the presenter. He mentioned he hadn’t seen in bruges.
I bloody loved it, scenery hasnt been chewed that effectively in years
Just when i thought that burberry tracksuit shitshow was over a few years back ! 😁😁😁🤣
Mathew Mahogany 😂😂
"Mathew Mahogany."
I'm dying lolololololol
I was a big Kermode fan, but he is well off the mark on this one, it’s a great movie!
bro forgot to have fun 💀
I have a lot of respect for Mark Kermode but there are certain films, that you know when you watch them, he is not going to be a fan of and I knew that The Gentlemen would fall into that category. Personally, for all its silliness (and there is a lot) I really enjoyed it.
Way off base. This film was hilarious yet probably the best crime caper I've seen in some time.
I loved that movie,that’s why I don’t listen film critics.
Mariusz Szymkowiak is that why you’re here watching this video?
If you guys are confused or saddened by this review, take into account that Mark doesnt like any Guy Ritchie gangster film, so if you like lock stock or snatch, you’ll probably like this
Ben Bacharach Yeah, I did enjoy Snatch. I’m glad to see Ritchie going back to his roots.
A bit sad to hear this. I was on the fence about this one, and Kermode is usually pretty in line with my feelings. I may wait until it hits video.
I LIKED THE FILM 100% SO THERE 😆😆
Kermode famously said that he was once struck in the face by a random member of the public after he first reviewed Blue Velvet and said it was not a film worth watching. The person told him that he just didn’t get it which then led him to rewatch ,reevaluate said film with a complete change in opinion. I think the same might need to be done again for this film...😉
The big problem for me here was the awkward portrayal of the Triad gang. Like the 'pikey' jokes of Snatch, I think it's simply not something that sits alongside the stock comedy Eastender-gangster; it's just racist 'Eastern Menace' stuff. Was painful to watch.
I don’t know who this guy is but his winging about all the things that liked about the movie
Mathew mahogany lol.
As soon as I heard it, I came straight to the comments hoping someone else noticed haha
Once again the rule is accurate. If film reviewers give a bad review of a film then it's worth watching and vice versa. "The Gentlemen" is probably one of the best films put out in the last decade.