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RocknRolla
2008
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RocknRolla
Positive Reviews
39
Negative reviews
12
Average Rating
3.1
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4.5
But then again Look, I pretty much know whats wrong with the effortlessly glamorously violent, testosterone soaked machismo of Ritchies mockney tales.
Den Of Geek
4.5
But then again Look, I pretty much know whats wrong with the effortlessly glamorously violent, testosterone soaked machismo of Ritchies mockney tales.
Den Of Geek
3.8
Ritchie concocts a crime jungle demimonde thats organically linked to the real world, and its a damn fun one to visit.
EW
3.8
RocknRolla isnt as jammed with visual pyrotechnics as Ritchies Lock, Stock and Smoking Barrel (1998), but thats OK, because with anything more happeni ..
Rogerebert
1.3
Alas, Guy Ritchie seems to have lost even what little touch he once had, his latest a typically convoluted saga about strangely named big and little t ..
3.0
Better instead just to sit back and enjoy RocknRolla for what it is: a fast paced amoral joyride thats more interested in the absurdities of violent c ..
1.3
But the chaos is only in the way the story is told.The actual vision Ritchie offers is pedestrian and tame.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
If you were Guy Ritchie, and you were coming off two massive failures in the form of Swept Away and Revolver, youd want to dazzle your audience on the ..
Ny Daily News
2.5
Why should a movie so titled have one of the most indifferent soundtracks in recent memory
Village Voice
2.5
RocknRolla often feels more like a parody of a Guy Ritchie film than a real movie.
ReelViews
3.8
For his fifth feature film, Guy Ritchie happily ignores his previous two misfires and goes back to what he does best, making dime store, knockoff pulp ..
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
The surprising rise of its rock star successor is a nifty plot line but its at odds with the world it weaves into.
2.8
The surprising rise of its rock star successor is a nifty plot line but its at odds with the world it weaves into.
3.1
RocknRolla is a well acted and attitudinal action movie, a return to Ritchies trademark Mockney style, which takes amusing and twisted turns.
Usa Today
3.8
Yet its hard to deny that the film is often very entertaining and consistently engaging, as Ritchies penchant for incredibly brisk pacing and gleefull ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.8
Its kind of fun but kind of repetitive; kind of stylish but kind of derivative.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
While his tactics usually involve manipulating and leveraging others such as criminals One Two (GERARD BUTLER) and Mumbles (IDRIS ELBA) who belong to ..
Screen It
3.5
Even so, the style and energy, plus the terrifically memorable characters, make it mindlessly good fun.
Shadows On The Wall
3.5
Its not enough to describe Dead Man as simply an anti western; its an iconoclastic deconstruction of late 19th Century American values and mores, many ..
Pop Matters
4.0
Heres hoping he gets to make his intended sequel (optimistically announced by the end credits).RocknRolla is a return to form for Ritchie and an enjoy ..
View London
3.8
Ritchie has a dry wit, too.I particularly loved this one: Keep your receipts cause this aint the Mafia.
New York Post
4.0
But RocknRolla is so relentlessly kinetic, rudely funny and visually flamboyantly that it doesnt matter.
Film Journal International ..
3.8
Also, the darkly comic thriller is pretty violent and crude, and as such, it definitely isnt for all audiences.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.1
But the Xerox has as sweet a kick as the original.And its sexier than the sex Butler and Newton eventually have.
Boston
2.0
That might be true but you cant just retell any story.Good westerns werent all alike, even when made by the same director.
Smh
5.0
The convoluted quality is simply a by product.The results are a richly entertaining work that overflows with stylish set pieces (including what is eas ..
Mountain X
1.9
Its a sad experience to watch RocknRolla, the obituary for the Guy Ritchie brand of English gangster flicks.
Star Tribune
4.5
Hell, its exactly what you want it to be, if you loved those films for their exuberant cartoon aggression and winking, wicked wit.
1.0
For this directa, it aint exactly a departcha.And the title means as well as everything else Mr Ritchies become a dodgy spella.
Guardian
2.5
When it comes to novel ideas, everyone gets left out in the cold.
Reel Talk Reviews
0.0
This embarrassing piece of self parody ends hubristically with the threat of not one but two sequels starring the most annoying character and least we ..
Daily Mail
3.0
As a result, the film plays as if it were twice as long as its running time, and there are times we wish Ritchie would stop convoluting the film with ..
3.8
But you can tell hes daring you to keep up, even when its all empty silliness.Whats The Deal: Style can carry you a long way.
Movies
3.5
The good news about RockNRolla is that it more or less erases the tainted memories of Swept Away, the awful movie Ritchie made with Madonna, and the n ..
Time
4.0
All the glitter and gloss in the world could be applied to the final product and it still wouldnt make RocknRolla as appealing as its eccentric cast o ..
Bullz-Eye
2.0
The films MacGuffin is a never glimpsed painting thats a straight rip off of the suitcase in Pulp Fiction, only Ritchie never manages to give it symbo ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.5
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
2.8
But, with its imponderable slang, East End accents and convoluted staging, the movie is a challenge to follow, it never generates much interest in its ..
Seattle Pi
3.5
If nothing else, its two hours of fun, unadulterated entertainment like the kind only Guy Ritchie can deliver.
3.1
Ritchies gift for narrative trickery keeps RocknRolla humming along.
Groucho Reviews
3.8
This tactic can easily backfire when not executed with Ritchies own level of meticulous skill, but here, the director impresses us in a new way.
Movies Tv Guide
2.0
And whereas Lock, Stock built to a beautifully judged climax, RocknRolla is littered with pointless digressions, tedious tricks (subtitles in a loud p ..
The Age
2.0
All youre left to admire is his style the chic art direction and camera work but its a hollow achievement.
Abc
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en ..
News Blaze
3.8
Its a familiar surface of sleazebags and double crosses, but it remains intriguingly affectionate under Ritchies breezy guidance.
Brian Or Ndorf
4.0
Rocknrolla may not be the real thing..but its the closest Ritchies been in an age.Tim Evans
Sky
2.0
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Entertainment Times Online ..
3.8
Ritchie juggles all these characters and their subplots with a story that might just make sense if you take the time to go back and watch the movie ag ..
Chron
3.0
But his gift for wicked smash/grab visuals and larky, on der money one liners just about compensates for all his gratingly puerile posing.
Metro
2.5
Maybe if the dialogue were more clever (the onslaught of gay jokes between one group gets old fast and then keeps coming back), it would be easier to ..
Scene Stealers
2.5
The good news is that despite the films incomprehensibility, it does provide a pretty good time.If you are looking to distract yourself for a couple o ..
Streaming Quickflix
1.0
Even the rock music just seems immature. Its clearly a crutch, because none of these scenes would be cool without a pounding score... This is all the ..
Can Mag
3.0
How odd is it that it takes Guy Ritchie an hour of screen time to remember how to be Guy Ritchie for his latest gangland slangland romp, RocknRolla.Pr ..
Orlando Sentinel
2.5
For all of its cool 60s garage rock and Clash song soundtrack, writer/director Guy Ritchies latest ode to John Mackenzies The Long Good Friday (1979) ..
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
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This Is London
4.3
Its an intentionally convoluted story that would take paragraphs to sketch out, and the Cockney accents employed by the actors are thick enough to mak ..
Ar Kansas Online
3.3
Well, Mudgee wants you to know theyre more than equipped to entertain your visitors and you too if you fancy a sweet mini getaway.
Time Out Sydney
1.5
Everyday I pray and remind God to remove anyone from my life who Is not supposed to be in it!.LOL God straight PUSHBROOMED folks into the w..
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