
Harold (Bob Hoskins), a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.... (Full plot summary below)
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Harold (Bob Hoskins), a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI have rarely seen a movie character so completely alive. Shand is an evil, cruel, sadistic man. But he's a mass of contradictions, and there are times when we understand him so completely we almost feel affectionate. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonJohn Mackenzie directs this cornerstone of the British gangster genre with a minimum of flash and a dash of grim realism. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeAlthough The Long Good Friday is firmly rooted in a very different era -- early 1980s Britain is another country entirely -- the film still feels fresh and uncompromisingly tough. |
| VarietyVariety StaffIn many respects a conventional thriller set in London's underworld, The Long Good Friday is much more densely plotted and intelligently scripted than most such yarns. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinThough its plot contains much that's new, The Long Good Friday is a swift, sharp-edged gangster story in a classic mold. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseThe screw-turning plot is great fodder for Hoskins and Mirren, who expertly calibrate their stressed-out character arcs. [Blu-ray] |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA conventional Brit thriller that's moderately entertaining. |
| Time OutDave CalhounHas a shaky, peculiarly British charm that still makes it irresistible. |
| Radio TimesAdrian TurnerBoth an explosively violent thriller and a sharp evocation of the enterprise culture of the time. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawHoskins' bullish, black-comic Napoleonism makes this movie: pugnacious, sentimental, a cockney Cagney. |