Fresh
I like Layer Cake a lot.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Layer Cake
The art of good business is being a good middleman.
2004 · 1h 45m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Matthew Vaughn
Overview
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a little bleak, a little twisted, a little gory, and a lot funny.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
The film is lamentably short of narrative coherence.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
The intricate thing dodges and feints and twists this way and turns that way until, by the time of the alleged resolution, we've lost our bearings completely.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
It's almost too much to follow, but the style, proven by Ritchie time and again, is irresistible.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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