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Kirby Dick intimately examines the final stages of life and the stories of five hospice patients as they prepare for the end.
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An eye-opening, if one-sided and reverential, talking-heads doc about London's "Wild East" candidly told by the hard men gangsters themselves.

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Dave Calhoun Time Out Inevitably, this is a sympathetic, one-sided film and its familiar perspective is a nostalgic, sometimes tiresome one that imagines a 'golden age' when grannies could leave their doors open at night. Rated: 2/6 May 1, 2009 Full Review James Christopher Times (UK) The flesh-crawling thrill is that these stories about armed robberies, ghastly fights, and grisly murders are utterly compelling. Rated: 3/5 May 1, 2009 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Intentionally or not, Nicola Collins's filmed interviews with various old-school East End geezers give us a fair idea of their sentimentality, paranoia, smugness and flashes of humour. Rated: 2/5 May 1, 2009 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) The film is a flavourful record of what is - as the interviewees are well aware - a vanishing culture, but it doesn't dig deep. Rated: 3/5 May 7, 2009 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) A movie that is non-judgmental to the point of celebration. May 7, 2009 Full Review Ali Catterall Film4 A deliberately distressed and scratchy documentary of talking heads, sporting the same sinister techno score and added subtitles for non-cockneys. Rated: 3/5 May 1, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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greg r Somehow this documentary lost passion as it went along. The first three stories were heart wrenching. The last two? Elusive. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Kirby Dick intimately examines the final stages of life and the stories of five hospice patients as they prepare for the end.
Director
Kirby Dick
Producer
Eddie Schmidt
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2013
Runtime
1h 24m
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