
London Road documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.... (Full plot summary below)
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London Road documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.
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| Daily StarAndy LeaTouching, thought provoking, deadly serious and oddly humorous. It's also one of the most blazingly original films I've seen in years. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawLondon Road was a mighty success on stage. Now it is a unique triumph on the movie screen. |
| Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonAs gripping onscreen as it was onstage, London Road remains a work of great finesse and originality. |
| NOW TorontoNorman WilnerIf Edgar Wright and Clio Barnard had a movie baby, it would be London Road. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangThis enchantingly strange movie couldn’t possibly be called naturalistic, but at times, it feels somewhat disappointingly normalized. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesLondon Road is a commanding, at times hypnotic experience. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeThere’s an over-compensatory fussiness to its most elaborate formal conceits, with the gradual shifting of the pic’s palette from desaturated December grays to iridescent oil-pastel tones a crude symbolic device. |
| Easy Reader (California)Neely Swanson... a remarkably complex and incredibly creative look at the impact of how negative publicity affects the self-image of a town and its people and how they bond together to repair themselves and the place they call home. |
| Georgia StraightAdrian MackLondon Road emerges as a marvellous, uplifting exercise, brimming with humanity and sensitivity towards its subject matter. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA moving tribute to a community rallying together to overcome tragedy. |