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Dead Man's Shoes (2006)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:21
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Though enhanced by cramped, gritty camerawork, this unsettling look at violence and revenge lacks the provocative edge needed to give it a substantial kick.
Theatrical Release:May 12, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Talented director Shane Meadows (A ROOM FOR ROMEO BRASS) teams up with fellow Brit Paddy Considine (IN AMERICA) for this exhilarating venture towards the dark edges of the human psyche. Considine... [More]
Starring: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell, Emily Aston
Director: Shane Meadows
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02/09/06
the film is a failure ... does nothing new or especially radical with the normal revenge flick
05/11/06
Film plays as a quirky Brit riff on everything from U.S. slasher pics to revenge oaters but without Meadows' usual psychological complexity.
08/04/06
A violent and grungy film about revenge.
05/12/06
The whole thing leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
07/07/06
There's a hint of Shakespeare's goriest tragedies here, sucked dry of any attendant heart, emotional depth or compelling human interest.
05/18/06
It's as though there are two completely different films uncomfortably mixed into one and they're just fundamentally incompatible.
03/24/05
Despite some hints at conscience and humanity, Dead Man's Shoes is a typical slasher film at the core.
05/11/06
Isn't a mess, but it's sure no competition for Winchester 73, Once Upon a Time in the West or even Kill Bill, films in which payback really is a bitch.
03/01/07
In the end, the picture's more pulp than juice.
05/20/06
Top CriticDead Man's Shoes is all about revenge, but in trying to be one of those serious revenge films that questions violence while indulging in it, it manages to keep virtually all the characters unsympathetic and uninteresting.
05/09/06
Top CriticDead Man’s Shoes is never less than watchable, thanks to Considine’s performance, but it’s never really engaging either and there’s a definite sense of the end not justifying the means.
10/19/04
The film is filled with deeply unpleasant and stupid people whose vapid speech is largely incomprehensible due to thick regional accents.
10/06/04
The ending feels like a desperate attempt to inject some emotion into the film. And it just doesn't work.
10/06/04
Though Meadows makes a lot of it, he mucks it up before it's over.
08/04/06
A poor fit for anyone. And that includes even the undiscriminating gorehounds looking for yet another bloody slice of payback.
05/12/06
Top CriticUnfortunately, the absence of emotionally engaging characters, combined with the cast's thick, unintelligible accents, undermines what could have been a taut and provocative exploration on the moral price of vengeance.
05/12/06
The film is further proof that revenge, even when served as a cold dish as this is, ends up being far too chewy for a satisfying movie meal
11/10/06
Startlingly powerful, slightly loopy take on the revenge flick . . . offers a wry authenticity that the too-stylish, tough guys and gals in Tarantino's wanna-be-epics of retribution can't exude.
02/01/07
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