The Gentlemen (2019); Guy Ritchie

If it's anything like Snatch or Lock, Stock... I'll be a happy camper caravan.

I know I spend too much time on social media because some of my thoughts when watching this were "yikes, that's probably going to start some discourse," lol. I enjoyed it for the most part though especially since my audience was really into it. Hugh Grant definitely stole the show, but I also loved Colin Farrell too and his little gang was fun albeit I'm glad Ritchie didn't overuse the Toddlers because they could have been really annoying. I really want a plaid jump suit now. 

Eddie Marsan was good in his small role. Michelle Dockery was fine. Charlie Hunnam was okay; although that one part was sort of eye rolling. I totally got why he hated junkies, but it was really hammy. Matthew McConaughey was like he was in one of his Lincoln commercials especially when he was reciting that chaos line, lol, but it still worked for me. Henry Golding was pretty weak, but he was still better than Jeremy Strong. I knew what he was going for, but I think there would have been stronger character actors that could have pulled it off. 

Went to see it last night but the projector was broken so they cancelled the screening.

That’s entertainment. A really fleet, fun time at the movies - it would probably sneak into my Top 10 of last year. 7.5/10

There’s a key line earlier in the movie about McConaghey’s rise - “He knew how to take advantage of his advantage.” That’s a lot of what the movie is looking at and playing with - characters thinking they have the upper hand against someone who genuinely does. So, most of the scenes and encounters are immediately tense. And there’s a freshness to Guy Ritchie’s writing/directing too - not just how he outlines a coiled, hypocritical class system, but how the act of storytelling itself functions and how it can weave around the truth. It’s also very funny….. and never tips too far from its tonal center. Whole cast delivers - even Charlie Hunnan who I’ve never liked before, McConaughey whose pride and experienced control licks an internalized stress, and the MVP a hilarious Hugh Grant - whose homoerotic Cockney talking to someone named Ray kept bringing to mind The Local Stigmatic - whose subtle, dithering confidence breaks in the later scenes when he goes beyond what he’s prepared. It’s another late-career triumph for him!

One flaw that bothered me - I really thought McCon and his wife character needed another scene or two together. Michelle Dockery is marvelous in her few moments and gets a great little line that sums up the movie - “There’s fuckery afoot.”

I thought this was a lot of fun! Definitely agree with a number of the posters in here saying it was a refreshing return to form for Guy Ritchie (certainly more entertaining than his big tentpole films that's for sure). Not on the same level as Snatch but still, The Gentlemen delivers in its own right and is wildly entertaining. Highly recommend seeing it in theaters for sure.

7.5/10

I liked this way more than I was expecting to,it was hilarious,an absolute blast from start to finish.Loved Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell,even that walking breeze block Charlie Hunnam was pretty good.9/10.

I'm not a Guy Ritchie guy (ugh) by any means and I was very skeptical every time I looked at the high audience ratings on IMDB and its Russian equivalent but I gotta say, I thoroughly enjoyed the film. I can only assume that after diving into the world of soulless blockbusters for quite a long time Ritchie was craving going back to his roots, going back to what is obviously closest to his sensibilities - the guyz'n'geezers crime flick. And I think he made his best movie since "Snatch". It starts off as nothing but a small local-feeling crime comedy but as it goes on the story grows further and becomes more and more exciting and fun. And the characters are quite memorable indeed. All that silly attention (even awards-wise) Hugh Grant received for "Paddington 2" should absolutely be happening for this role but something tells me it wouldn't have happened even without the Covid problem. Which is a shame because Grant just steals the show, making me subconsciously wish that the movie got back to him whenever it focused on other characters. Thankfully they're all rather entertaining.

I liked it for what it was (although I feel like it lost some steam by the end), but let's be real: I need a spinoff movie about Coach and the Toddlers ASAP.

Eh, it had its moments. The framing device got old fast but it looked like the cast were having fun.