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Dom Hemingway

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United Kingdom · 2013
Rated R · 1h 33m
Director Richard Shepard
Starring Jude Law, Demián Bichir, Richard E. Grant, Matthew C. Martino
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama

Dom Hemingway, an egotistical criminal, just spent 12 years in prison for refusing to inform on his associates. Now that he's free, he sets out to collect what he's owed from the crime lord he protected, and to reunite with his estranged daughter.

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25

Slant Magazine by Chris Cabin

That Dom is so clearly an up-to-11 caricature, embodied with reliable pizzazz by Jude Law, makes the sentimental moments feel especially false.

40

Empire by Dan Jolin

Bitty and frustrating, its bigger laughs are set against some off-balance storytelling and crude comedy. Not one to take your nan to.

40

Time Out London by Dave Calhoun

There are only so many scenes anyone can take of Law (never suited to the geezer role) strutting down streets shooting his gob off. If it was all in service of a smart story, so be it. But it isn’t.

60

Total Film by James Mottram

Shepard’s film is fun but forgettable in the first hour, then disappointing in the final third. But Law’s raucous turn keeps you watching.

85

Film.com by Jordan Hoffman

There are countless clever dialogue parries as well as some quite outstanding rants. It definitely takes the movie outside of the world of pure realism, but the theatricality is well worth it.

83

The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth

While there's no doubt that Shepard's film is frequently laugh-out-loud funny and impressively, wittily written, with a finely tuned ear for the perfect bit of foul language, it stumbles slightly on the story side.

70

Variety by Peter Debruge

Shepard balances a livelier-than-life script with striking, super-saturated images, which makes the film feel bigger than it is.

40

The Telegraph by Tim Robey

What you see in Dom Hemingway is exactly what you end up getting. It’s filthy, it’s shouty, it’s embarrassing, and you mainly want it to go away.

50

The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy

Richard Shepard’s film is far from dull, but it just doesn’t feel like the real thing, more like an artificial construct inspired by pumped-up crime favorites from a couple of decades ago.

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