Bronson Reviews

...an anthropological study in human viciousness, like a nature film done by Stanley Kubrick.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

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Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Britain's Got Talent never looked so good.

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Bronson doesn't have much to say, but it's a very fun exercise in bad behavior that's neither glamorized nor bemoaned.

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It's content to be a kind of freak-show character study of a man who embraces anarchy, not for its own sake but for the fame and adrenaline that it brings him.

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This is psychotic behavior as performance art, and Hardy makes it irresistible.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Part literate black comedy, part surrealistic character study, part horror movie, Bronson is a sophisticated confection, rich and dark, sprinkled with bitter little jokes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

For such a potentially exciting subject matter, Bronson hits way too many lulls.

Full Review | Original Score: 40/100

In the end, "Bronson" is a beautiful, intense film about a man that may or may not be insane, based on events that might actually have occurred in his life.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Director and co-writer Nicolas Winding Refn strives mightily to match his star crescendo for crescendo, which can be exhausting. But the film is nimble and spare enough to absorb most of the director's outré inspirations.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Itâ(TM)s a meditation on the art of rage -- an action painting passing itself off as an action movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Done differently, the cat-and-mouse brawling could get tiresome, but Tom Hardy as Bronson -- with his shaved head, handlebar moustache, and glittering eyes -- is mesmerizing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

If you want to spend two hours with a psychopath who loves nothing more than getting naked and brawling with prison guards, this is for you. I prefer vintage Kurosawa.

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A figure this luridly fascinating, a personality this ludicrously outsized, warrants something more than your typical biopic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

A stylized portrait of a criminal famous in his native Britain as perhaps the most violent man in Her Majesty's prison system, Bronson serves primarily as a showcase for Tom Hardy's undeniably brilliant performance.

Full Review | Original Score: 88/100

Strap yourself in for a jaw-dropping performance from Tom Hardy as he completely inhabits the role of Britain's most notorious prisoner in this highly stylised piece of mischievous cinematic vaudeville.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

...not a great film but garners a strong performance from its star [Tom Hardy].

Full Review | Original Score: B-

Nicolas Winding Refn ("The Pusher" trilogy) takes an experimental approach to the biopic, letting his subject guide the way through his life so far as if it were a piece of performance art.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

Hardy's range is impressive, and he makes Refn's latest an arresting spectacle, if not a particularly enlightening one.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

"Nuffin' wonky about my upbringing," Bronson says, early on. Nothing wonky about Hardy's performance, either.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4