RocknRolla2008
RocknRolla (2008)
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Critic Consensus: Mixed reviews for Guy Ritchie's return to his London-based cockney wideboy gangster movie roots, but most agree, it's a step in the right direction following two major turkeys.
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Cast
as One Two
as Lennie Cole
as Stella
as Archie
as Mumbels
as Handsome Bob
as Mickey
as Johnny Quid
as Uri
as Roman
as Councillor
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Critic Reviews for RocknRolla
All Critics (147) | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (88) | Rotten (59) | DVD (7)
This is a wonderful movie.
Guns, gangsters, and Richie's unique style and tone make his latest picture just plain fun.
RocknRolla feels as if Ritchie is imitating his favourite director here, and that director is Guy Ritchie.
For a while you go along for the ride. But as the film progresses it becomes increasingly unwieldy.
Ritchie, who shoots and cuts everything in RocknRolla like an ad for a particularly greasy brand of fragrance for men, delivers the beatings and killings in his trademark atmosphere of morally weightless flash.
Style is what RocknRolla is all about. And it has it in spades, from the cockney Pulp Fiction dialogue to the music-video editing of the rambling narrative.
Audience Reviews for RocknRolla
Some words to describe RocknRolla would be fun, dramedy, and raw. The story has a typical Guy Ritchie feel and proves that he can still make solid gangster films. Don't look at the RT percentage for this film because its definitely a positive and critics are fools for criticizing it.
Super Reviewer
Loved the cinematography and Guy Ritchie's quirky but excellent direction. A lot of fun.
Super Reviewer
Like some of Guy Ritchie's other films, as well as some of the films of Robert Rodriguez, this is a twisted and convoluted mess...but it's a hell of a lot of fun, and damn entertaining. I liked it more than I thought I would, so that's a good thing, but still, it's nothing really more than a slick and wild B Movie. There's nothing wrong with that though...unless you want more. I didn't, so I'm happy. I'm not a Ritchie fanboy, but this fits somewhere in the middle, I'd say. Despite it's flaws, it's still pretty fun and enjoyable.
Super Reviewer
RocknRolla Quotes
| Archy: | Ask no questions, hear no lies. |
| Archy: | People ask the question... what's a RocknRolla? And I tell 'em - it's not about drums, drugs, and hospital drips, oh no. There's more there than that, my friend. We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, others the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the fucking lot. |
| Handsome Bob: | You heard me, do as you're told. |
| Archy: | You'll never sing the same if your teeth ain't your own. |