London Road

True crime gets the musical treatment in the radical, thrilling London Road.

3124d ago

All cast and crew do an impressive job in making this unlikely proposition such an engaging, thought-provoking and darkly funny watch.

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The result — directed by Rufus Norris and setting words collected by Alecky Blythe against music by Adam Cork — is mesmerizing.

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But the movie’s cruelest omission may be the five women who gave the film its story in the first place: They were once real living residents of Ipswich too, but because of Road’s rules of engagement they couldn’t be interviewed of course—so you’ll never hear their voices, let alone learn their names.

3124d ago

You won't go home whistling the tunes, but Rufus Norris's musical about the Ipswich serial killings is bold and diverting.

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Olivia Colman stars (and Tom Hardy has a cameo) in this movie that sets eyewitness transcripts to music, a clever idea that can’t sustain an entire feature.

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"London Road," based on the stage musical of the same name, is one of those promising ideas that never becomes a whole lot more than a promising idea, despite an extraordinary expenditure of effort by all involved.

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London Road comes across as no more than tabloid karaoke.

3124d ago

The British avant-garde musical hit makes an uneasy transition to the screen under the direction of original stage helmer Rufus Norris.

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