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RATING: ROTTEN  READING: 27% (FRESH = 60% or Greater)   Reviews counted: 11 Fresh: 3  Rotten: 8 Average Rating: 4.4/10

( Showing 1-11 of 11 Tomatometer Reviews, sorted a-z )   "The plot is very clever, but Boyd weighs it down with too many characters and events, all intertwined and far too complicated to keep track of." -- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT   "Without Shakespeare's eloquent language, the update is dreary and sluggish." -- Susan Green, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE   "Boyd's screenplay (co-written with Guardian hack Nick Davies) has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to Guy Ritchie than the Bard of Avon." -- Neil Smith, BBCI FILMS   "A ragbag of cliches." -- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK Soundtrack Books All Related Items   "A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat, and if you're going to alter the Bard's ending, you'd better have a good alternative." -- Dan Fienberg, L.A. WEEKLY   "Even with Harris's strong effort, the script gives him little to effectively probe Lear's soul-stripping breakdown." -- Darrin Keene, FILM THREAT   "Watching Harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death, but Boyd's film offers little else of consequence." -- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS   "The cast reigns supreme, especially Harris, whose regal presence as the aging emperor of gangland grounds the story even as it suffers from narrative overload." -- E! ONLINE Cream of the Crop FRESH 67%   "Whereas last year's exemplary Sexy Beast seemed to revitalize the British gangster movie, this equally brutal outing merely sustains it." -- Mike Clark, USA TODAY   "Harris commands the screen, using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness." -- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER   "Gaunt, silver-haired and leonine, [Harris] brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman." -- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES

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