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 10 676 676

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Plot summary

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible" pair of shoes, an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him.

Director

Hanif Kureishi Photo
Hanif Kureishi

Top cast

Fiona Shaw Photo
Fiona Shaw as Headley
Brad Dourif Photo
Brad Dourif as Hemingway the Restaurant Manager
Marianne Jean-Baptiste Photo
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Nanny
David Hounslow Photo
David Hounslow as Plainclothes Policeman
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970.51 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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1.7 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 47 min
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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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