Monahan delivers a messy-if-mildly-enjoyable crime movie that should entertain, but won’t wow, fans of both the genre and these performers.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 6, 2023

Cool. Hip. Slick. Loving London Boulevard.

| Nov 26, 2019

I particularly enjoyed strong performances from David Thewlis as Charlotte's quirky caretaker Jordan, and Pushing Daisies' Anna Friel acting the hell out of her role as Mitchel's train wreck of a sister, Briony.

| Mar 4, 2019

The best remedy for films like London Boulevard is pure denial. If you don't go and see it, don't do it the courtesy of talking about it -- then it doesn't exist.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 6, 2018

Monahan's debut feels like it's missing some connective tissue, but it still manages to standout from the herd.

| Original Score: B | Apr 5, 2015

As gangster thrillers go, this one is a ripper. William Monahan, Oscar-winning screenwriter for The Departed (2006) has adapted Ken Bruen's book in great style and directs his top cast adroitly

| Jul 16, 2012

There are all kinds of weirdo supporting players and the requisite amount of bloody killing scenes, but it doesn't add up to much and London Boulevard just feels like its trying to hard to be edgy.

| Original Score: 2./4 | Mar 9, 2012

This crime story smacks of all-too-familiar elements and is told with a blandly straightforward approach.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 30, 2012

London Boulevard is a mess, a fascinating, exhilarating, infuriating, emotional, tragic and euphoric mess, but still a mess all the same.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 27, 2012

Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley make a dynamite pairing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 3, 2011

A stylish if familiar tale of a man hopelessly entangled in his past.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2011

Screenwriter William Monahan trades in South Boston for South London, only to discover he forgot to pack his A to Z.

| Nov 11, 2011

It doesn't really hang together, not really. But when a picture is this sleek and pleasurable, why complain?

| Nov 11, 2011

In trying to take a bite out of crime and another out of fame, [Monahan has] ended up with more than he can chew for his first time in the director's chair.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 11, 2011

Monahan's trademark tart dialogue is as strong as ever, and Farrell and Winstone make for a formidable pair of opponents.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 11, 2011

There is too much to be absorbed in too little time and not enough tissue connecting abbreviated, sometimes unnecessary subplots.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 10, 2011

The confidence of London Boulevard never tips into cockiness. This is style with some intelligence behind it.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 10, 2011

Had the film stood still more often, its stylish gambit would have worked better.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 10, 2011

Knightley does an adequate job and fans of Farrell, while they might admire his performance, will probably be disappointed with the overall film.

| Nov 10, 2011

A great cast and an intriguing premise are crowded out by a surplus of plot threads that don't have space to play out, and accordingly come across as clichs.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 10, 2011