Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels 1998

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The punchy little flourishes that load this English gangster film with attitude are perfectly welcome, because there's no honest, substantial part of the movie they can hurt. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is the laborious title of an even more laborious Cockney action movie. Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: Go see it if you're in the mood. You're bound to get a chuckle, but don't expect too much. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The film's lures, while undeniable, are synthetic, and we never do learn what fuels all the greed besides pints of beer. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The best one can say is that it's a smart cartoon, and a fairly exhausting viewing experience. Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: An MTV-generation Peckinpah, Ritchie stages the splatter with a hideous giddiness. He's one to watch. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: I was thoroughly entertained while I was watching it, and I haven't hated myself since. And that is something, though I don't know exactly what. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This may be the first movie to capture the reckless exuberance of Pulp Fiction without seeming like a blatant rip-off. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Lock, Stock is fun, in a slapdash way; it has an exuberance, and in a time when movies follow formulas like zombies, it's alive. Read more

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon.com: We've heard it all before, and usually with a slightly more comprehensible accent. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Even if flashy Ritchie's tall tale about the East End underworld starts to run out of steam, the punch line is so good that it makes up for a lot. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Expect plenty of laughs and some edge-of-your-seat sweats, but not a whole lot else. Read more

Derek Elley, Variety: Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Guignol violence, Lock, Stock aspires to be something like the Beatles meet the Wild Bunch. Too bad it doesn't have even a rubber soul. Read more