'Dom Hemingway' - Jude Law in new Gangster Film

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‘Dom Hemingway’ Trailer: Rude, Crude Jude (Law)

After a string of strong supporting roles, Jude Law returns to the spotlight in Dom Hemingway. And what a noisy, colorful return it may be.

The gangster pic stars Law as a safecracker who’s just spent twelve years in prison for keeping his mouth shut. Once out, he reconnects with his old life by trying to collect his due from his boss (Demián Bichir) and make up with his estranged daughter (Emilia Clarke). Richard E. Grant plays Dom’s best friend, who’s along for the ride.

The first trailer has just hit, and you can check it out after the jump. Be warned that it’s NSFW, unless your own boss doesn’t mind seeing Law’s bare bottom on your computer screen.

Dom Hemingway Official Trailer (HD) Jude Law, Emilia Clarke - YouTube

Law’s return to center stage comes not a moment too soon. He seems to be at the top of his form here, oozing charisma even as it becomes obvious that Dom is a terminal screw-up.

Indeed, most of the reviews out of TIFF have focused on this memorable lead character. Variety calls Dom “one of the meatiest personalities in a genre known for larger-than-life types,” while Screen Daily noted that it was “one of Law’s best turns, brimming with energy, brio and a real sense of dark fun.” Even THR, which was less sold on the film overall, enjoyed Law’s “balls-out performance.”

Dom Hemingway opens November 15 in the U.K. and (sadly) April 4 in the U.S.

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[jamesdevil]

"Jude Law"

Cool, I'm in.

[Foggy]

Snazzy red band trailer (rather not safe for work due to naked Table Tennis):

Dom Hemingway - Red Band Trailer (2013) Jude Law Movie - YouTube

I did watch this early last month and while it does have it's moments, the film as a whole feels very aimless and leads to a weird and undeserving sentimental ending, and only occasionally does the film drift into interesting areas of the genre but it never really comes up with anything new. Jude Law is pretty fantastic along with Richard E. Grant and whole thing moves fast enough that it's not a bore, but it's nothing memorable in the slightest.

What I will say however, is the trailer sell the hell out of it, and doesn't feature many spoilers. In fact the trailer is so good in fact, it almost makes me want to revisit it despite the fact I know I wasn't all that keen.

[yeslek]

wanted to see this but think it came and went from my local cinema already

[Holmes]

In (and as) Dom Hemingway, Jude Law emancipates himself from his status as a beautiful leading man and delivers one of his finest performances to date. He is heavier and unshaven. He has a gold tooth. And he is profane and violent: the film opens with the character, a London thief nearing the end of his decade-plus period of incarceration, delivering an ecstatic soliloquy in ode to his penis to the camera as another inmate, shall we say, gives him pleasure below. The enthusiastic quality of Law's performance, the sense he is eager to dive into this colorful rogue and explore each compartment and touch each sharp edge, both buoys and, in a way, betrays Dom Hemingway as a film. It is a towering piece of acting. Whether he is raging, seducing, stealing, or otherwise causing trouble, it is a delight to see Law move as the character and an even grander delight to hear him rip through the dialogue, laced as it is with obscenities and left-field cultural references, with ferocious machine-gun speed. As Hemingway's closest (perhaps only) friend and previous partner-in-crime, Richard E. Grant, a cult icon of British comic cinema due to Withnail and I, is also very strong, embracing the role of the dry and wry straight man with poise and wit.

Which leaves us with the film in which Law and Grant find themselves. It is fine, solid even, and has a confident visual style defined by bright colors tempered by urban grit, yet it is also plagued by a modest, unspectacular air. Tonal transitions, including a third-act emphasis on Hemingway's sentimental bid to win over his estranged daughter, are mechanical rather than graceful. Its vision of an old-school gangster caught in a shifting and volatile landscape is never as persuasive as, say, The Long Good Friday, nor is the entire enterprise anywhere near as high-impact and well-woven as, say, Snatch. In the end, we are left with a second-tier crime romp with a first-tier, downright majestic performance. On a personal level, the vast pleasure I derived from Law's achievement largely compensates for the shortcomings of the film to which he has bequeathed the performance, though others' mileage will no doubt vary in this regard.

B+

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Snazzy red band trailer (rather not safe for work due to naked Table Tennis):

I did watch this early last month and while it does have it's moments, the film as a whole feels very aimless and leads to a weird and undeserving sentimental ending, and only occasionally does the film drift into interesting areas of the genre but it never really comes up with anything new. Jude Law is pretty fantastic along with Richard E. Grant and whole thing moves fast enough that it's not a bore, but it's nothing memorable in the slightest.

What I will say however, is the trailer sell the hell out of it, and doesn't feature many spoilers. In fact the trailer is so good in fact, it almost makes me want to revisit it despite the fact I know I wasn't all that keen.

I was going to say this. I haven't seen it, but the trailer I saw (below) was hilarious until the car crash, and then it felt sentimental and too easy.

DOM HEMINGWAY Trailer [HD 1080p] - YouTube