Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 2 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 49 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

59

The film's lures, while undeniable, are synthetic, and we never do learn what fuels all the greed besides pints of beer.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

70

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

Full Review » 10 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

The best one can say is that it's a smart cartoon, and a fairly exhausting viewing experience.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mary Elizabeth Williams Salon.com (Top Critic)

We've heard it all before, and usually with a slightly more comprehensible accent.
Full Review » 12 years ago
David Edelstein Slate (Top Critic)

Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels is the laborious title of an even more laborious Cockney action movie.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

88

This may be the first movie to capture the reckless exuberance of Pulp Fiction without seeming like a blatant rip-off.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Travers Rolling Stone (Top Critic)

90

Even when the accents are as indecipherable as the plot, Ritchie keeps the action percolating and the humor on high.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Bill Gibron PopMatters

70

What his other movies have done summarily or languidly, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels does with some clear novice stumbles. It's creative and very clever. It's just not a classic.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Bullz-Eye.com

80

Full Review » 7 years ago
Louis-Jerome Cloutier Panorama

75

Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels est du tres bon cinema.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

50

If only it could have resisted revelry in its own style and violence, it might have been one 1999's best films, due to its performances and clever plot twists.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Judith Egerton Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

75

Fans of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown are in for a treat.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Film Threat

80

Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

90

Full Review » 10 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

67

Entertaining because of its intricate plot, kinetic editing and imaginative camera angles.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Ray Greene Boxoffice Magazine

40

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a movie with absolutely nothing to say.
Full Review » 12 years ago
JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Emporium

80

Unlike Tarantino movies, this film wasn't peppered with pop references all over the place, but it did lace itself with a fine overtone of comedy and irony.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Elspeth Haughton Apollo Guide

88

A uniquely entertaining film.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Sean Axmaker Seattle Weekly

90

A welcome entry in the flailing neo-noir tradition.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews

63

Although there are several funny episodes, the picture as a whole never quite gels.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Matt Easterbrook Matt's Movie Reviews

50

Because the film has to split its running time among so many different characters, all of whom look alike and act alike but have different names, I got rather bored.
Full Review » 12 years ago