London Kills Me

1991

Action / Comedy / Drama

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 59% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 681 681

Director

Hanif Kureishi Photo
Hanif Kureishi

Top cast

Rowena King Photo
Rowena King as Melanie
Tony Haygarth Photo
Tony Haygarth as Burns
Danny John-Jules Photo
Danny John-Jules as Black Man at Party
Fiona Shaw Photo
Fiona Shaw as Headley
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970.51 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 1
1.7 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sfboy101

Disappointing

I'm a big fan of Hanif Kureishi -- I think his screenplays for "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid" are brilliant. In both of those movies, the worlds he creates are so complete: friends, families, sex, money, expectations and loss all add up to real people doing interesting things in unique situations. The same goes for the book and miniseries "The Buddha of Suburbia," a great exploration of an extended family in 1970's London.This movie, however, shoots for the same heights but misses badly. Characters are unlikeable. Situations ridiculous. Language is relentlessly coarse but doesn't further the characterizations. Perhaps the hero's quest for a decent pair of shoes is meant as a parable -- if so, it was a rough little story that didn't teach me anything.Kureishi's other works remain some of my favorites, but after this movie was over I needed a shower. Looking for a good rental? Try "Sammy and Rosie" or "Laundrette." If you have two or three nights to watch the tape, find a video store with "Buddha."
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Reviewed by danaluke 2 / 10

Who Cares?

If I'm to like a movie, I need to care about the lead characters and what happens to them. In this waste-pod of a film, I found myself hoping that they would all die in the end. None of the characters are people that you'd ever want to meet, they all made me sick. If not for a few nude scenes, I would have given this wretched movie a 1.

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