The Long Good Friday
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Movie Reviews of The Long Good Friday
Movie Review: one of the best
Summary: 5 Stars
top movie for any person who has a liking for british gangstar films . was first big outing for alot actors . makes great companion piece with Get Carter Movie Review: Still a good movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
Dated, but still a good movie with a good twist, a very young Pierce Brosnan, worth seeing again, or for the first time.Movie Review: Great film, shame about the dubbing.
Summary: 4 Stars
Am i the only person to notice the shameless dubbing of a great film. I originally purchased the Region 2 version.Special Edition! I naturally expected the full uncut, un-edited, and certainly ud-dubbed version to be there.When the Criterion version came out i expected more but unfortunately it was the same. The worst part is that in the extras in an interview with Bob Hoskins and Barrie O'Keefe,Hoskins tells of how horrified he was on first seeing the original version released by the American studio and how they had dubbed his own voice to make him sound like 'a Geordie'(thats someone from Newcastle for any Americans who may be reading ).He was so outraged he threatened to sue the company.Eventually he managed to persuade Hand Made Films to buy the rights from the original owners.The only way to see the film as it was supposed to be seen is on VHSMovie Review: The british answer to the Godfather
Summary: 5 Stars
The clever script allows to build a sollid story. Bob Hoskins surpasses all his performances, past, present or even future. He gave the best performance of his monumental career.The progressive tension around Hoskins literally overflows the screen and struggles us. That hopeless, that certainless of facing against an enemy of the IRA dimensions and the irreverent mood assumed by Hoskins in that unforgettable dialogue with his american partners lead to a smart and unexpecting ending.
Helen Mirren , combines her talent and amazing beuty and Pierce Brossnan has a little cameo in the end of the movie.
Under any circunstance you can avoid watching this brilliant and even underrated film of the eighties.
A true gem.
Movie Review: a cool film with great music
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD version of the film. This film is a bit different for me given that Bob Hoskins is in it. The first film with Bob Hoskins I saw was "Who framed roger rabbit" I had seen it countless times before seeing this and have thought of his faked American accent in that film to be his normal one. Seeing this film, where he does a Cockney British accent is more unusual than his regular British accent.
The film starts with the unexplained murder of several people. We later learn that they all are members of a Harold's (Bob hoskins) gang. He begins to have difficulty running his gang and trying to close a deal with another gang.
The film also has a short appearance by Pierce Brosnan in one of his very first film roles. 007 fans would know him best.
The DVD only has the British and American theatrical trailers as special features.