I haven’t seen it, and none of us at the Movie Blog have (yet) but the story from the BBC is saying that it’s getting harshly savaged at the moment…
Screen International declared it a “convoluted, risibly overwrought muddle” that would leave audiences “bewildered and disappointed”…some twists and turns “merely provoked derisive laughter among the preview audience”…
Hollywood Reporter…”The movie spins wildly in circles, continually doubling back on itself, repeating scenes – once even backward – and lines of dialogue until a viewer loses a grip on what is supposed to be real,” critic Kirk Honeycutt wrote. “The film’s pretentious style and fractured storytelling preclude any audience involvement in the coy melodrama,”
Oh dear, not a great few quotes, in fact not even mediocre…savage sounds about right. Madonna said…
“You would have had to broken both my arms and both my legs for me to not come here,”
Yeah…Still, Guy Ritchie is very vocal about it and extremely happy, check out a huge interview with him over at Future Movies. It’s a very interesting and indepth interview, but he doesn’t address any critics of the film, it’s all very positive and he certainly talks of how much he likes it.
Q. You’ve also worked with Jason Statham on almost all your films…
Guy Ritchie: Apart from the fact that I don’t like him, don’t trust him and have no respect for him as a chess player, Jason and I work quite well together. Actually, Jason forced me into using him. He threatened me with violence.
Thoughts? Anyone seen it yet?
