The Gentlemen reviewed by Mark Kermode

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Mark Kermode reviews The Gentlemen. A British drug baron tries to sell his empire off to a group of American billionaires.
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Комментарии • 521

  • @davidcoleman757
    @davidcoleman757 4 года назад +424

    In Bruges is utterly brilliant.

    • @gmac5112
      @gmac5112 4 года назад +9

      My man

    • @pamelaatkinsonscats2873
      @pamelaatkinsonscats2873 4 года назад +32

      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.

    • @gmac5112
      @gmac5112 4 года назад +9

      @@pamelaatkinsonscats2873 seesaw gets me every time

    • @metalli07
      @metalli07 4 года назад +7

      Agree. God knows what Simon mayos been doing all this time.
      - I didn't even know where Bruges was. .... It's in Belgium.

    • @alphabetaxenonzzzcat
      @alphabetaxenonzzzcat 4 года назад +6

      Agreed. Fiennes is on top form in that one, and so is Farrell. Great writing as well.

  • @brachert4588
    @brachert4588 4 года назад +388

    Great how he gives up and just sticks with 'Mahogany' early on 😂

    • @darkbarker
      @darkbarker 4 года назад +7

      Bracher T I wonder if he was doing it deliberately. Maybe he has some kind of a beef with Mr Mahogany

    • @Onmysheet
      @Onmysheet 4 года назад +9

      Mark's a busy guy, he doesn't have time to keep pronuncing certain names correctly.

    • @michellebiland5163
      @michellebiland5163 4 года назад +1

      Yes I noticed this. 😂

    • @mrbump28
      @mrbump28 4 года назад +7

      @@darkbarker it's just a it of fun. He called Orlando Bloom 'Orloondo Bland' 😂

    • @jsward96
      @jsward96 3 года назад +1

      Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper were right. Southerners do say mahogany at least twice a day.

  • @vvvictoriav5958
    @vvvictoriav5958 4 года назад +69

    5:07 for Mark's fax machine impression

  • @Silex-Flint
    @Silex-Flint 4 года назад +115

    Movie was funnier and more entertaining than i expected.

  • @renata8979
    @renata8979 4 года назад +76

    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.

    • @vanessaheine8093
      @vanessaheine8093 4 года назад +31

      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.

    • @kevinm2832
      @kevinm2832 4 года назад +19

      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.

    • @ultra7021
      @ultra7021 4 года назад +1

      @@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

    • @kevinm2832
      @kevinm2832 4 года назад

      @@ultra7021 I always enjoyed Silvio and the moment he dragged Adriana from the car was 💔 to me lol.

    • @renata8979
      @renata8979 4 года назад +2

      @@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...

  • @ryanbutterworth1845
    @ryanbutterworth1845 4 года назад +206

    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.

    • @robertdenton3617
      @robertdenton3617 4 года назад +11

      Ryan Butterworth the shame is that Ritchie’s best is only just good enough

    • @RabbiSteve
      @RabbiSteve 4 года назад +7

      Ryan Butterworth, I agree with you. Loved it. As did my buddy I went with.

  • @brendanlittle2498
    @brendanlittle2498 4 года назад +54

    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

  • @jasongoodacre
    @jasongoodacre 4 года назад +97

    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 +

    • @fradrake11
      @fradrake11 4 года назад

      How was colin in the movie?

    • @jasongoodacre
      @jasongoodacre 4 года назад +3

      Francis Drake He plays a gym owner called coach and has some of the best comical lines.

    • @iain5198
      @iain5198 4 года назад +3

      @@jasongoodacre No he phucing doesnt!

    • @debmobberley9153
      @debmobberley9153 4 года назад +2

      @@fradrake11 Brilliant.

    • @roycastanon5754
      @roycastanon5754 4 года назад +1

      Jason Goodacre how can I have my brain switched off if is super confusing and muddled in the first act.

  • @bodfishhh
    @bodfishhh 4 года назад +152

    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.

    • @Ira__L
      @Ira__L 4 года назад +4

      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.

    • @elingrome5853
      @elingrome5853 4 года назад +2

      not WOKE enough for Mark

    • @roycastanon5754
      @roycastanon5754 4 года назад +1

      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.

    • @ResevoirGod
      @ResevoirGod 4 года назад

      @@Ira__L You say you dislike films about criminals but some of the greatest films ever made are about criminals...

    • @RabbiSteve
      @RabbiSteve 4 года назад +1

      Same here. Loved it. Laughed through so much of it, I have to see it again.

  • @thomaselliott2755
    @thomaselliott2755 4 года назад +19

    The scene in the car at the end was taken from the ending of Bob Hoskins' Long Good Friday...

  • @anirudhmenon4234
    @anirudhmenon4234 3 года назад +60

    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.

    • @hurrah1eqe892
      @hurrah1eqe892 Год назад +7

      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.

    • @carcrashjayson
      @carcrashjayson Год назад +16

      In the first minute of this video he says he liked the Sherlock films and Alladin was alright...

    • @diegogilly7416
      @diegogilly7416 2 месяца назад +1

      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

    • @ianmillerdevilsfan1223
      @ianmillerdevilsfan1223 2 месяца назад

      Cause he’s a terrible filmmaker lol

  • @steveanthony5907
    @steveanthony5907 4 года назад +90

    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.

    • @iconicshrubbery
      @iconicshrubbery 3 года назад

      @@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.

  • @jononejon
    @jononejon 4 года назад +75

    In Bruges is my favourite film, nice to hear Mark talk about it

    • @Northstar-Media
      @Northstar-Media 4 года назад +2

      Have you seen Lucky number Slevin. Did not get good reviews at the tume but its a great film.

    • @gmac5112
      @gmac5112 4 года назад +1

      @@Northstar-Media brilliant flick the twists are brilliant

    • @gmac5112
      @gmac5112 4 года назад +1

      @@vooveks only have to see one

    • @jononejon
      @jononejon 4 года назад +1

      @@vooveks At least 23, I'm not entirely sure - I can't count once I run out of fingers and toes

    • @Bragglord
      @Bragglord 4 года назад

      @@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.

  • @njohnnyutah5812
    @njohnnyutah5812 4 года назад +123

    It’s a very entertaining film, I don’t think it’s trying to be anything else

  • @VillaVoltaire
    @VillaVoltaire 4 года назад +84

    I like Mark Kermode and value his judgment generally, but he is not the reviewer to be listening to about this film.

    • @rebeccaschade3987
      @rebeccaschade3987 4 года назад +9

      @@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.

    • @SK-yn1fn
      @SK-yn1fn 4 года назад

      @@rebeccaschade3987 but it's not his loss is it

  • @chronickiwi7747
    @chronickiwi7747 4 года назад +50

    "He's the guy that wrote revolver", yeah he's also the guy who wrote and directed Snatch and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.

    • @dogshitballs
      @dogshitballs 4 года назад +6

      Yes, and since the time he wrote Lock Stock, and Snatch he is the guy that brought you..... Revolver "a true trash fire"

    • @chronickiwi7747
      @chronickiwi7747 4 года назад +5

      @@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.

    • @Jonatan606
      @Jonatan606 4 года назад +1

      @@chronickiwi7747 But if he didn't like the movie, how can he come to the conclusion that he learned from his mistakes?

  • @michaeljcallaghan78
    @michaeljcallaghan78 3 года назад +24

    Just watched it. I thought The Gentlemen was great and so did my girlfriend.

    • @twotubefamily9323
      @twotubefamily9323 3 года назад +5

      Wow , you should do reviews for a career

    • @Hs022
      @Hs022 3 года назад +3

      I just don’t know why people feel the need to brag about such minor things.

    • @scottandcoke1342
      @scottandcoke1342 2 месяца назад +1

      Your girlfriend said she hated it when she watched it with me

  • @stephengibbons2260
    @stephengibbons2260 4 года назад +156

    If you love Lock, stock and Snatch then you're gonna like The Gentlemen.

    • @arniearnie3963
      @arniearnie3963 4 года назад +5

      That's good enough for me

    • @christiangarvin7351
      @christiangarvin7351 4 года назад +11

      Snatch meets rocknrolla awesome film one of his best

    • @ThatsMe1010
      @ThatsMe1010 4 года назад +1

      Totally agree

    • @davidbrignell5835
      @davidbrignell5835 4 года назад +1

      Agreed. Great film.

    • @thefilmessay9832
      @thefilmessay9832 4 года назад +27

      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.

  • @AstenRegis
    @AstenRegis 4 года назад +63

    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!

    • @mrbump28
      @mrbump28 4 года назад +3

      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

  • @iainjames03
    @iainjames03 4 года назад +17

    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...

    • @iainjames03
      @iainjames03 4 года назад

      @Ice Hockey is Pretty Pretty Good fair point... 😂

  • @DaveBowman
    @DaveBowman 4 года назад +12

    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! 😂

    • @hbsblkk3842
      @hbsblkk3842 4 года назад +2

      It’s awesome, dont listen to this guy

  • @lornaginetteharrison7168
    @lornaginetteharrison7168 4 года назад +8

    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!

    • @fatboyfat3690
      @fatboyfat3690 4 года назад +1

      Lorna Ginette Harrison Zack Snyder & Danny Dyer are also barred

  • @chickentube2229
    @chickentube2229 4 года назад +141

    "Irritatingly smug, a little bit annoying and rubbish" perfect way to describe this review.

    • @IMOReviews
      @IMOReviews 4 года назад +8

      Allan Snackbar nah mark nailed it perfectly

    • @natsudragion7790
      @natsudragion7790 4 года назад

      Elliot Gillies nah

    • @IMOReviews
      @IMOReviews 4 года назад

      Natsu Dragion77 yee 😆

  • @Mr.A_LDN
    @Mr.A_LDN 4 года назад +41

    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.

  • @mattwilks1371
    @mattwilks1371 4 года назад +16

    Colin Farrell was one of the best parts this film was quality mate u have no idea what ur on about

    • @mattwilks1371
      @mattwilks1371 3 года назад

      @@Nathan-gd7xq what ? I just think the film is really gd and Colin farrell played a big part in that.

  • @alanford3359
    @alanford3359 4 года назад +5

    Haha, how quick was Simon to respond with a resounding 'NO!' when asked could he do an impression of Hugh Grant's character? Instantaneous 😄

  • @PACEUK22
    @PACEUK22 4 года назад +8

    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

  • @tssss900
    @tssss900 4 года назад +43

    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.

  • @christoguichard4311
    @christoguichard4311 4 года назад +16

    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.

    • @vvvictoriav5958
      @vvvictoriav5958 4 года назад +8

      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

    • @christoguichard4311
      @christoguichard4311 4 года назад +1

      @@vvvictoriav5958 😂😂😂😴

    • @metalli07
      @metalli07 4 года назад +1

      @@vvvictoriav5958 revolver didn't work for me, but I'm probably missing something.....or it's just sh2t

  • @jeebs621
    @jeebs621 4 года назад +9

    I loved The Man From UNCLE I hope Ritchie makes another

  • @PhDTony_original
    @PhDTony_original 4 года назад +19

    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.

    • @GG57
      @GG57 4 года назад +2

      @@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

    • @garbarek1078
      @garbarek1078 4 года назад +1

      @@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.

  • @benjaminturkalj4415
    @benjaminturkalj4415 3 года назад +15

    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.

  • @makara80
    @makara80 4 года назад +48

    "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. ;)

  • @PBRStreetGang68
    @PBRStreetGang68 4 года назад +5

    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.

  • @Maximillionaire666
    @Maximillionaire666 4 года назад +10

    I feel like if this came out in the mid-2000s Mark would’ve properly slated this like he did with Revolver and RockNRolla 😂

  • @SpecialBrewCan
    @SpecialBrewCan 4 года назад +5

    If Mark HAD gone ahead and said that the dialogue is literally peeling the wallpaper off the walls, my head would have literally exploded.

  • @brendandevoy8178
    @brendandevoy8178 4 года назад +7

    I like kermode but he lost me here when he said " there are words you just can't say "

  • @andyinwards2119
    @andyinwards2119 4 года назад +7

    Matthew Mahogany is one of the best woods out there for sure

  • @jonathancourtney3579
    @jonathancourtney3579 4 года назад +23

    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".

  • @TheGingineer
    @TheGingineer 4 года назад +15

    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.

    • @humanoid6255
      @humanoid6255 2 года назад

      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 .

    • @joebloggs6922
      @joebloggs6922 2 года назад

      @@humanoid6255 Doesnt need to be reality. It's a comedy and as with any comedy, everything is exaggerated.

  • @alphabetaxenonzzzcat
    @alphabetaxenonzzzcat 4 года назад +13

    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.

    • @razzle1964
      @razzle1964 4 года назад

      @Chris Darby ...or roll-mops. I love roll-mops, me. They don't half pen & ink, though.

  • @TheChugg11
    @TheChugg11 4 года назад +2

    “They say things they shouldn’t be able to say” was a bit of a surprise to hear from Mark. I’m intrigued...

  • @184tosh
    @184tosh 4 года назад +16

    I take it Mark Kermode's is not Guy Ritchie fan then? This movie he is slating is fantastic.

  • @samuelbarber6177
    @samuelbarber6177 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @Prolix8
    @Prolix8 4 года назад +11

    Save 8 minutes. Kermode didn't like it.

  • @grewalb26
    @grewalb26 4 года назад +44

    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.

  • @porcupineinapettingzoo
    @porcupineinapettingzoo 4 года назад +17

    You haven't seen In Bruges, for shame sir for shame!

  • @zaydossful
    @zaydossful 4 года назад +28

    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

    • @batboy.
      @batboy. 4 года назад +2

      Great movie

    • @danielyoung6778
      @danielyoung6778 4 года назад

      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
      @zaydossful 4 года назад +1

      @@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

    • @danielyoung6778
      @danielyoung6778 4 года назад

      @@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.

    • @zaydossful
      @zaydossful 4 года назад +1

      @@danielyoung6778 if that's your opinion fe, I do think most people will have fun with it tho

  • @lizwoods1957
    @lizwoods1957 4 года назад +6

    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.

  • @chavvyboy69
    @chavvyboy69 4 года назад +90

    When he said he enjoyed Sherlock Homes over Lock Stock, he lost all credibility on this review for me.

    • @speaklikeanative
      @speaklikeanative 4 года назад +4

      How is this idiot the most renowned film critic in the UK??!!

    • @ResevoirGod
      @ResevoirGod 4 года назад +11

      @@speaklikeanative So the most renowned critic has to agree with everything you believe?

    • @RabbiSteve
      @RabbiSteve 4 года назад +1

      Agreed. Well, partly. I did enjoy those, and Man From Uncle, but not *over* L,S, & 2SB, nor Snatch. I used to love these guys, and while still listen from time to time, not as much. I find them both, especially Mayo, to be just elitist prigs.

    • @RabbiSteve
      @RabbiSteve 4 года назад +3

      gggjmmm no. It's not that just that we disagree. I often disagree with many of my favorite film reviewers.
      It's more the *way* these guys disagree: sniffy, elitist, snobby. I used to love listening to them. Now, I just find them insufferable snobs. Especially Mayo, but Kermode also.

    • @4Everlast
      @4Everlast 4 года назад +1

      I could tell you why he thinks that, but you can watch a video essay on Sherlock 2, and come back to me on it, it was a brilliant puzzle film.

  • @hullinstruments
    @hullinstruments 4 года назад +5

    This dude just said Matthew MAHOGANY!. Mahogany like the wood! Lol 1:10

  • @peterreed1805
    @peterreed1805 4 года назад +44

    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.

    • @RabbiSteve
      @RabbiSteve 4 года назад +2

      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.

  • @glassjaw5656
    @glassjaw5656 4 года назад +3

    Can't see Matthew mahogany without thinking back to True Detective s1. Great tv

  • @josh72456
    @josh72456 4 года назад +3

    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.

  • @andrewirobinson
    @andrewirobinson 4 года назад +9

    Mark actually says Mahogany at 1:09...

    • @bokehintheussr5033
      @bokehintheussr5033 4 года назад +3

      Deliberately. It's a running joke on the show whenever Mcconaughey is a topic. He also regularly refers to Hugh Jackman as "Huge Action".

    • @CDStoner
      @CDStoner 4 года назад +1

      @@bokehintheussr5033 McGHEEEEE

  • @ThatsMe1010
    @ThatsMe1010 4 года назад +25

    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.

  • @459dirello4
    @459dirello4 4 года назад +10

    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.

  • @benjamincook6321
    @benjamincook6321 4 года назад +3

    Hot damn Simon can hold his own review-wise.

  • @Rob_-_
    @Rob_-_ 4 года назад +12

    They say things they "shouldn't be allowed to say"? Settle down there Mao.

  • @yessroman
    @yessroman 3 года назад +1

    At precisely 1:08 “Mathew MA HOG ANY” 😂🤣

  • @revelationstudios5745
    @revelationstudios5745 4 года назад +1

    What's the brand Colin wears in the film?

  • @chrisofnottingham
    @chrisofnottingham 4 года назад +16

    I can help thinking it is being criticised for being exactly what it was intended to be

  • @Carlos-ln8fd
    @Carlos-ln8fd 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @wacokid30
    @wacokid30 4 года назад +8

    The man from uncle is very underrated. Such a fun movie with great performances.

  • @deanelphick5777
    @deanelphick5777 4 года назад +11

    Come on, Snatch and Lock Stock were great. They're just meant to be fun. Glad Ritchie is going back to gangster

  • @wackywankavator
    @wackywankavator 2 года назад +1

    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.

  • @rorysparshott4223
    @rorysparshott4223 11 месяцев назад

    I bloody loved it, scenery hasnt been chewed that effectively in years

  • @alphabetaxenonzzzcat
    @alphabetaxenonzzzcat 4 года назад +11

    Michelle Dockery does he rehearsal for Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” in this! 😉🤣

    • @fanboydee
      @fanboydee 4 года назад +3

      @@rowanc88 She played it at The Old Vic years before Downton Abbey, she was great in the role.

    • @alphabetaxenonzzzcat
      @alphabetaxenonzzzcat 4 года назад +1

      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).

    • @Char10tti3
      @Char10tti3 4 года назад

      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 :)

  • @leejones8582
    @leejones8582 4 года назад +6

    Colin Farrell is better as a character actor.

  • @rigsby1454
    @rigsby1454 4 года назад +18

    Man From UNCLE was fantastic.

  • @David-mi3il
    @David-mi3il 2 года назад +1

    This movie was rank. I completely agree with Mark. 3/10.

  • @thenoble39
    @thenoble39 7 месяцев назад

    08:24 - "I'm not sure you should be doing that role". Is he talking about hugh grant?

  • @saxbend
    @saxbend 4 года назад +1

    When is this actually released? Can't see it on any Cineworld listings for this week or next.

    • @dh737
      @dh737 4 года назад +1

      Jan 1st

  • @pattate9636
    @pattate9636 4 года назад +15

    Literally every point he made is incorrect. Fantastic film, Ritchie's best film yet.

  • @kennethbryant5819
    @kennethbryant5819 4 года назад +2

    Kinda had mixed feelings about the movie. Love the cast. Everybody is so good. Hugh Grant is damn near unrecognizable without cosmetics in everything from his demeanor, speech, etc. These are also my favorite respective roles of Charlie Hunnam and Colin Farrell. But I really didn't like the framing device. The whole thing being told through imagined flashback by Hugh Grant's character just isn't something that I was feeling. It felt a little too self-inserting on Guy Ritchie's part, unnecessarily chaotic and lazy. I also didn't like the ending.
    MM's character should've lost a little bit. Everything just worked out perfectly for him in that far-fetched way that only happens in movies. I'm not saying killing Dockery's character (his wife in the movie) but maybe that should've happened too though really he should've lost a piece of his business. Something. The ending just felt like nothing much happened. Some cool things were said, some people died but really it's a status quo ending where I'm left thinking that was cool but let down at the expense of something that could've been great. Falls well short of Snatch.

    • @donttalkaboutmymomsyo
      @donttalkaboutmymomsyo 3 года назад

      I kind of agree that it maybe wasn't believable that he didn't lose anything,but the overarching idea of the movie is that MM has grown a little long in the tooth and everybody thinks he's softened up and his empire is ripe for the picking,so the entire film is about him proving that he still has what is needed to thrive and in the process reclaim some pride.Plus if you read the movie as kind of autobiographical(in the sense that MM's character is Guy Ritchie,the one who needs to reclaim hia throne as the king of movies like this)then MM really can't lose anything in thw context of the movie.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 4 года назад

    the metafictional aspect of this cinematic outing makes this special

  • @thegroosh
    @thegroosh 6 месяцев назад +1

    bro forgot to have fun 💀

  • @johnshields3658
    @johnshields3658 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @DonJohn80
    @DonJohn80 4 года назад +1

    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.

  • @cyruslad5462
    @cyruslad5462 2 года назад +13

    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.

  • @markskidmore4442
    @markskidmore4442 4 года назад +3

    Simon Mayo is morphing into Christopher Walken don't you think.

    • @lryoung3655
      @lryoung3655 4 года назад

      If he is then he's taking his time. Ha ha

  • @garbarek1078
    @garbarek1078 4 года назад +3

    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.

    • @Bukoappl
      @Bukoappl 4 года назад

      He praises Colin's performance in In Bruges. Weren't you listening?

    • @SweetMintPie555
      @SweetMintPie555 4 года назад

      Tristan Burke He’s referring to Simon Mayo, the presenter. He mentioned he hadn’t seen in bruges.

  • @Potida1
    @Potida1 Год назад

    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.

  • @mickykeyes
    @mickykeyes Месяц назад

    Not one mention of The Long Good Friday in this review?

  • @barrycoote9562
    @barrycoote9562 4 года назад +10

    Mathew mahogany lol.

    • @matthxwr
      @matthxwr 4 года назад +1

      As soon as I heard it, I came straight to the comments hoping someone else noticed haha

  • @Burgmannn
    @Burgmannn Год назад

    I bet he's talking about Eddie Marsan's character at 8:18 there.

  • @Zeppelin180
    @Zeppelin180 4 года назад +1

    Simon needs to see In Brugge!

  • @MJE-riffs
    @MJE-riffs 4 года назад +1

    Four minutes until Mark takes a sharp left and starts re-reviewing a film he saw years ago. Incredibly, it's not The Exorcist.

  • @Ryan-ze7fk
    @Ryan-ze7fk 4 года назад +3

    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.

  • @themrmarkprior
    @themrmarkprior 11 месяцев назад

    Here to say, if you haven't watched In Bruges, go watch In Bruges, and prepare for one of the best pieces of modern cinema EVER.

  • @stompingfreak8980
    @stompingfreak8980 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @derekmcfadyen127
    @derekmcfadyen127 4 года назад +3

    Just when i thought that burberry tracksuit shitshow was over a few years back ! 😁😁😁🤣

  • @EndaRochford
    @EndaRochford 4 года назад +5

    Mathew Mahogany 😂😂

  • @arnookibeast
    @arnookibeast 3 года назад +14

    The Gentlemen is a superb film, enjoyed every minute of it.

  • @Richard_Jones
    @Richard_Jones 4 года назад +5

    Thought Lock Stock was ok, bored by Snatch, loved the first Sherlock Holmes movie, hated the second. Do I have an opinion? Apparently not.
    Wait a minute! What about this? The only good 'geezer' movies are The Italian Job (original), Layer Cake and of course The Long Good Friday.

    • @Onmysheet
      @Onmysheet 4 года назад +2

      Don't forget Sexy Beast.

    • @uralwong799
      @uralwong799 4 года назад

      I bet you drink your tea with your pinky sticking out

    • @Richard_Jones
      @Richard_Jones 4 года назад

      @@uralwong799 What, is there another way?

  • @sugelanren
    @sugelanren 4 года назад +1

    Just saw this...it's alright.

  • @gregpotter6957
    @gregpotter6957 4 года назад +2

    I was a big Kermode fan, but he is well off the mark on this one, it’s a great movie!

  • @chris45rpm
    @chris45rpm 3 года назад +2

    The film irritated the hell out of me because it was the usual mockney gangster characters we've seen so many times before from posh boy Ritchie. Yawn.

  • @kylewolpert4778
    @kylewolpert4778 4 года назад +1

    The fact that he liked Sherlock Holmes movies more than the likes of Lock Stock, Snatch, and Rock N Rolla speaks volumes to what his is looking for in movies...and i am not here for it.

  • @rubbercable
    @rubbercable 4 года назад

    What happened to your usual sharp outfits? Rough night last night?
    Love your work btw.