Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
ChampDavSlim
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
muons
An ex-con who serves his time goes after his heist money upon his release from jail. After some rambling and a series disconnected events, which are supposed to be funny but can't break a smile, the presumably dark comedy turns into a drama centered around a neglecting father and an unforgiving daughter. The plot is spotty, uninteresting, unengaging and doesn't make much sense anyway. Jude Law stands out as a miscast for the "dumb and dumber" character he acts. This could be why his acting looks so theatrical. His buddy's acting on the other hand is as animated as a piece of wood. They are both unlovable characters with whom you can't sympathize and turn the movie into a borefest.
betty dalton
Opening scene: Jude Law gets a blowjob in prison and while he is at it, he is praising his c*ck. Praising it in a way a painting or another work of art should get praised. Very coarse and obnoxious, but in a hilarious way. That is to say if you are into blunt drunk violent behaviour. It is all done to correctly portray the working class violent gangster Jude Law. The story: Jude Law, playing an obnoxious,violent gangster who has just been released out of jail after a 12 year prisonterm. Jude Law kept his mouth shut during his 12 years prison term to protect a crime boss. Now he is a free man again and comes to collect a reward for his 12 years of silence. Things go terribly awry however once he is about to collect his reward at the villa of the crimeboss. How bad things turn out to go wrong, THAT is what this ludicrous, terrific story is all about.One of his best roles ever. Surprising role, because Jude Law has always portrayed the more sophisticated characters in the past. His obnoxious, rude character in "Dom Hemingway" is hilarious though. Further on in the movie the gentler side of this rude gangster is revealed in a very charming and endearing way. What makes this movie go beyond just another gangster portrait is the fact that Jude Law tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Will he succeed in winning her trust back again after 12 years in prison? Or will he keep on going down the drain in endless bar fights and failed heists?Not suited for the faint of hearted who might easily get offended by swear words. The movie must have broken an absolute record in swearing. I loved it. The director/writer truly made an art in writing the most eloquent, stinging cussing dialogues.Endnote: Lots of good punkrock bands are present in the soundtrack. Terrific music. Exactly suited to be the backdrop of this working class gangster from the eighties. Loved it.
markospasicbor
Alright, at first i fought this movie is extremely underrated until the very end, where i change my mind,it feel like someone cut 1/3 of the movie and then throw it to the public!I mean Richard Shepard why, why did you stop? But even with this awful mistake i feel like this movie is still a bit underrated, maybe story wasn't anything special, but it interesting. From the beginning til the end movie was entertaining and fun, there was some funny moments to. Story (wich i said it wasn't really masterpiece, but it was god enough) was told on very good and interesting way. I really liked Dom Hemingway, and Jude Law was perfect man for the role, plus he really put an outstanding performance. He was probably the most important thing for this film, and he was the one who made story interesting at first place. I liked Law's accent as well. Anyway if you looking for some interesting film that isn't very hard, this is the perfect film for you!
Vinicius Andrade
Dom Hemingway is a movie with a lot of dark humor and a main character who has no fear to say what comes into his mind. Some hilarious scenes do happen, but the overall is a movie which the story isn't well developed. The best of the movie is Jude Law being Dom Hemingway. His performance, one of the best of his career, is what outshines everything. The character is a very rude guy, he's disrespectful and almost every time he speaks we feel the character's rage and due to this rage, a lot of curses, insults comes out of his mouth. Jude Law's performance made the character more believable, because he successfully created a character that from how he was communicating, both verbally and physically, we could notice what was his emotions.The friendship between Dom Hemingway and Dickie Black (Richard E. Grant) is odd, because of the swearing they say to each other, but even with the curses, we notice a real companionship among these two persons. In the beginning, I had fun watching Dom's behavior but the as the film progressed the insults weren't as funny as in the beginning. The tone changes during the film, and it's not done correctly. It seems like in a part of the movie there's a furious, fearless and rude Dom Hemingway and the other part has a sad, seeking forgiveness and regretted guy. If done properly, it would make the film much more interesting and might create a character who would be more remarkable and significant.
