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      London Kills Me

      R 1991 1h 47m Drama List
      Reviews 62% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Lost souls (Justin Chadwick, Steven Mackintosh, Emer McCourt) live on the fringe in London, trying to make a living by dealing in drugs. Read More Read Less

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      Pamela Bruce Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Not as bad as it seems, nor as good as it aspires to be. Rated: C+ Mar 14, 2009 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Nov 12, 2004 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Proves that what was most special about the Frears-Kureishi collaborations was Kureishi. Rated: 4/5 Feb 5, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member A whacky ride-along on one twenty-year old's dealers quest for shoes and a better life. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Weird and ultimately hopeful. That said, it was around 3 in the morning when I first saw it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member une sorte de trainspoting avant l'heure et une galerie de personnages très attachants. vu sur arte il y a des années. un excellent souvenir. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is akin to the many films out of Britain and Ireland in the 80s and early 90s -- [i]Trainspotting[/i], [i]That Sinking Feeling[/i], etc. -- following a group of misfits for a few days of their lives with no real specific central plot. Personally, I've always enjoyed this type of film which tells the story through character development rather than a domineering story or special effects. The lead character, Clint, survives (barely) a childhood filled with physical, emontional and sexual abuse. At 20 he's fallen in with a crowd of similar outcasts who deal street drugs for the money and to support their own habits. Clint's best friend, "Muffdiver," leads the group through strength of personality, even though Muffdiver is just as lost as the rest of them. Muff Diver wants to be a big time dealer, seeing that as the only way to get he and his friends off the streets. Clint, on the other hand, dreams of getting a job and leading a "normal" life. One thing I really liked about this movie, which I didn't even realize until it was over, is that there are [b]no flashbacks[/b]. We don't need to see images of Clint being abused, we don't need to see what happened to Muffdiver, Sylvie, or any of the others earlier in their lives. What's relevant is who they are now, today, what the events of the past have caused them to become. I had originally bought this movie because it was one of Naveen Andrews' first films. He plays a member of Muffdiver's group, an odd character named "Bike" who seldom speaks, dresses in early '70s Mod, and is never separated from his bicycle. Each of the members of Muffdiver's group is an interesting character, in their own way, each having a story that we don't necessarily need to know in order to guess at. The great Roshan Seth has an odd supporting role as a 'New Age' guru who is, perhaps, the first person in Clint's life to show him compassion without expecting anything in return. Except for the characters' accents and that they're constantly drinking tea, this film could just have easily been set in the urban U.S., or urban anywhere I suppose. The characters and their stories are just as relevant today as they were in 1990. These are people that you either know, or drive by on your way somewhere. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Lost souls (Justin Chadwick, Steven Mackintosh, Emer McCourt) live on the fringe in London, trying to make a living by dealing in drugs.
      Director
      Hanif Kureishi
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $169.0K
      Runtime
      1h 47m
      Sound Mix
      Surround