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The Limehouse Golem Reviews

Aug 16, 2023

Made me watch it again after the first viewing, it's at the very limit of what I can tolerate for gore or subject matter, but it was the very ending scene I knew I had to see it again, it has the right mix of subject, getting to the edge but not quite crossing it, keeping you guessing then making you watch it again to see what you missed.

Aug 9, 2023

Proper jack the ripper atmosphere. Really enjoyed it.Great acting and a story you will want to see through to the end.

Jun 21, 2023

A glorified tele-movie. Nothing original, nothing exciting. So bland in so many ways.

Feb 14, 2023

It's a lot of fun with some very good performances and there are some lovely set pieces. It's let down by the viciousness of the murders and the twist. Good way of spending a couple of hours.

Jan 21, 2023

Love a good period piece. Extra star for solid set of knockers and a breath-taking bungus.

Nov 11, 2022

I understand where this movie was going with its story and the message they wanted to portray, but this film would have been more serviceable from the point of view from the serial killer than a detective movie (to which it barely was).

Sep 4, 2022

This film is somewhat spooky in tone but also felt a little bit forced perhaps - its predictable to an extent but having said that, I did find it relatively entertaining. I thought Bill Nighy was a good choice of actor in his role as he seemed to me quite believable as a Victorian police inspector. There is quite a lot of bloody violence depicted, or perhaps moreso bloody injuries depicted, which mean it isn't for the faint hearted. its fairly atmospheric, although there have been a fair number of similar period drama films made and released in the past. I think I mostly liked it in terms of trying to understand where other characters were coming from, attempting to piece things together. It felt like a feature length BBC costume drama production, only with a bit more blood and gore than we might perhaps expect. Not a great watch but not an awful one either, I felt it was ok. There was a definite element of enforced melodrama which didn't sit well with me but its not unwatchable either. Would I recommend it? I'm not sure I'd say its worth going out of your way to see, so no I wouldn't outright recommend it. It felt a bit too 'run of the mill' to me, although thats not to say it isn't watchable but I wouldn't spend money to see it specifically.

Dec 21, 2021

It made very little sense. The who-did-it grew very tedious very quickly.. the script just seemed to be a tv-movie script on a film budget. Honestly, don't bother.

Sep 19, 2021

Great mystery. The big reveal is not too much of a surprise, but it's gripping because you'll think you had it figured out early, then moved away from that theory, but in the end you were right. Very entertaining and kept me glued to my seat.

Aug 18, 2021

The Limehouse Golem finally achieves the sort of amusing, disturbing yet not completely serious dark horror that it strives towards in the final few scenes, but falls far too short in the rest of the film for the ends to justify the means. Some of the special effects are cheap yet excessive to self-parody and the gore gratuitous and pointless. The characters, though attempts are made to add colour, never really come to life. Bill Nighy never steps out from a state of relative sedation and Olivia Cooke outshines him in most of the film. Alan Rickman might have been better in the role than Nighy if not for his death but that fades to irrelevancy in the end. The whole exercise is a melodramatic and maddeningly derivative (Karl Marx? Really?) try at solid entertainment that mostly fails. Booth and Reid in the other main roles do little to justify breaking into the big box office and awards smashes that Olivia Cooke has dipped her toe into. Best not to dwell too long on this one.

Jul 18, 2021

Same old faces. Same old production. Like an over-long extended Holby City dream sequence.

May 5, 2021

Plot is probably confusing, but atmosphere and interpretrations are well achieved.

Feb 20, 2021

Great period detail and performances but badly let down by an ill thought out script. The final act's contrived attempts to pile in tension and twists turn it into pure nonsense. It's a real shame as this could have been good.

Jan 8, 2021

Fantastic movie. Great plot, cinematography is amazing. Fast paced with many suspects. The gore effects and CGI are well done; as well as being historically accurate in locations, costumes, how society is portrayed and other wacky things of the Victorian era. A true detective thriller. A must see and you won't regret it.

Dec 19, 2020

Absolutely brilliant movie, excellent acting with great plot with plenty of twists and turns highly entertaining a much watch movie ..... it is fast paced and keeps you guessing..... must watch you won't regret it.

Oct 29, 2020

You reveal the "mistery" at the first 15 minutes... then you just stay for curiosity... but really? Poor dumb and useless detective. Sad character for such a great actor.

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Oct 22, 2020

The Limehouse Golem is an intriguing and disturbing crime thriller. Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, and Douglas Booth star in this sorted tale of a Scotland Yard inspector who comes to believe that a woman accused of poisoning her husband is the key to solving the case of a serial killer known as the Limehouse Golem. Cooke gives an outstanding performance, playing many different roles, house wife, stage performer, street urchin, as she tells her story to the inspector. And Nighy too is quite good, bringing a certain gravitas to his character. Also, the writers do an impressive job at creating mystery and suspense as the investigation unfolds and new suspects come to light. However, it can get a bit graphic and lurid at times. Yet despite a few weaknesses, The Limehouse Golem is a chilling psychological drama.

Oct 12, 2020

Surprising, well-acted, eye-popping and riveting period piece that doubles as a police procedural.

Jul 18, 2020

Average and fairly predictable, but propped up with a well paced story and great acting all round

Jun 18, 2020

Nothing spectacular but a solid watch.

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