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- [New – 1/13/16] | José Arce @ LaButaca.net [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Desangelado (por machacón) biopic de dos legendarios hermanos que dominaron el cotarro gansteril londinense de los años 60. Malamente esforzada en su apuesta e insostenible narrativamente, queda como mini monumento a un irregular Tom Hardy.
- Chris Barsanti @ Film Journal International
- Excerpt: Tom Hardy dazzles twice as London “gangster princes” the Kray twins in Brian Helgeland’s pulpy, far-from-dazzling crime biopic.
- David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: Helgeland is less interested in relaying the tale of the Krays as it happened and more interested in the way contrary juxtapositions take root in the storytelling and mythmaking that shape our shared history. The result is almost necessarily derivative of the better films on which Helgeland is commenting – and the film suffers a bit for it – but it remains a fun spin on the gangster movie genre from the same guy who made the nervy A Knight’s Tale.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: It’s a movie that clearly states its goals but that doesn’t accomplish them.
- Kenji Fujishima @ Slant Magazine
- Kimberly Gadette @ doddle
- Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: ‘Legend’ features a stellar performance by Tom Hardy, who portrays identical twin gangsters who rose through the ranks of Britain’s most notorious criminals in the 60s.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Tom Hardy is hands down the MVP of the picture.
- Courtney Howard @ Sassy Mama In LA
- Excerpt: Sadly this is a choppy biopic rather than an electric, barreling chronicle of salacious criminal exploits.
- Blake Howard @ Graffiti With Punctuation
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Tom Hardy is fab, but this is GoodFellas-lite, depicting violent sociopaths as glamorous, even amusing, and lacking all understanding of what made them tick.
- Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Legend has one, actually, two things going for it, and they both are Tom Hardy.
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Legend may not be a great crime drama but it is a good one, thanks to the design, the ensemble, and the heavenly gift of awesomeness that is Tom Hardy.
- Matthew McKernan @ FilmWhinge
- Excerpt: Helgeland has clearly seen a fair share of Scorsese, but Legend prefers its Hollywood myths free of real-world complications.
- Ross Miller @ Thoughts On Film
- Excerpt: Tom Hardy’s towering twin performance is the main reason to see it but for those that bask in the films of Martin Scorsese and those that followed his lead, it’s got personality, panache and slick charm to spare.
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Works like gangbusters.
- Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: Legend has something that The Krays didn’t: Hardy’s incredible performance(s) in the leading roles. His grounded turn as the vaguely-likable Reggie Kray anchors the film, but his seething portrayal as the mad-dog psychopath Ronnie elevates it into being something special.
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: For a movie centering on the Kray brothers, Brian Helgeland’s Legend is a menial and virtually bloodless snore. If the know that story of the brothers then you know that this is a colossal miscalculation.
- Courtney Small @ Cinema Axis
- Rob Wallis @ The Metropolist
- Excerpt: If you’re looking to see Tom Hardy give it his all in the role(s) of a lifetime… then Legend could be just the thrill ride you’re looking for.
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