Fresh
In many respects a conventional thriller set in London's underworld, The Long Good Friday is much more densely plotted and intelligently scripted than most such yarns.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Long Good Friday
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
1980 · 1h 54m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
John Mackenzie
Overview
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The admittedly well-constructed set pieces are all too often diminished in effect by the uninspired camera-work.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
I have rarely seen a movie character so completely alive. Shand is an evil, cruel, sadistic man. But he's a mass of contradictions, and there are times when we understand him so completely we almost feel affectionate.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Though its plot contains much that's new, The Long Good Friday is a swift, sharp-edged gangster story in a classic mold.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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