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Four Lions Reviews
The satire loses its edge a little by making the jihadists such imbeciles, but it’s very funny nonetheless.
| Mar 17, 2023
It feels like a missed opportunity all the same... As far as slapstick and farce and knockabout buffoonery go, this is as good as anything but my point, I think, is that this could be about any group.
| Aug 30, 2018
[Morris's] new comedy has a provocative, ticklish premise -- five North England Muslims become suicide bombers, but can't decide who or what to take with them.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 25, 2011
It's difficult to imagine a movie this boldly provocative about the underworld of violent jihad, much less one that actually inspires laughter.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 24, 2011
The first feature, written and directed by satirist Chris Morris, may seem profane to some, but if you're doomed by watching it, at least you'll go down laughing.
| Original Score: B | Jan 14, 2011
Four Lions is more interesting than riotous. Consider it an example - a well-paced, clever and understated compassionate example - of a filmmaker wrestling with fear.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 17, 2010
Really, these guys are just knuckleheads. And the movie is full of outrageous laughs.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 10, 2010
Might this not have worked better, and conjured more startled outrage, as a mock documentary on 온라인카지노추천?
Full Review | Nov 15, 2010
I think it's appalling in all the right ways. While its lingering aftertaste of ashes in the mouth is unmistakable, I'd argue that the subject warrants it.
| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 12, 2010
The very existence of Four Lions is an act of audacity; the fact that it's also smart, humane, and frequently hilarious is nothing short of a miracle.
| Nov 12, 2010
One of the funniest movies of the year.
| Nov 12, 2010
"Four Lions" is a daring, brilliantly conceptualized film, but like the bumbling bombers of the title, the execution tends to be hit-and-miss.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 11, 2010
The comedy divides cleanly into dark, violent slapstick (much of it hilarious) and more routine gags highlighting the fanatical characters' foolishness and incompetence.
| Nov 11, 2010
It's an exceedingly dark comedy, a wicked satire, a thriller where the thrills center on the incompetence of the villains. It's fueled by both merriment and anger.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 11, 2010
These guys are not charming; they're horrifying in their ignorance, and they cause real damage. But there's a weird relief to be found in the opportunity to laugh ourselves sick at their expense, if only for an instant.
Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 10, 2010
Brilliantly incendiary.
| Nov 10, 2010
The jihadis' absurdity is rooted in real life, but Morris doesn't trivialize the danger they represent.
| Original Score: A- | Nov 6, 2010
While it isn't entirely successful beginning to end, the film has just enough on its mind and offers up more than enough laughs to make up for its shortcomings.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 5, 2010
A comedy of errors and terrors? Who woulda thunk it?
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 5, 2010