Layer Cake Reviews
Suite101.com
Only the accents are thicker than double-crosses in a thriller that's stylish and sleek - note lyrically appropriate use of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World" in one sequence - but also assuredly delirious, ethically hefty and unpredictably treacherous.
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| Original Score: 4/4
ColeSmithey.com
"Layer Cake" is a stylized British noir full of clever twists, biting dialogue, and plenty of ironic violence.
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| Original Score: B
Cinema em Cena
A história bem amarrada é beneficiada ainda pelo senso de humor seco e eficaz, ao passo que o elenco confere charme a um bando de personagens inescrupulosos e a direção de Vaughn, associada à inventiva montagem, torna o filme sempre instigante.
| Original Score: 4/5
Combustible Celluloid
[A] fun, snappy crime caper that begins with a wryly understated take on the "one-last-job-and-I'm-out" subgenre.
Laramie Movie Scope
Intense story about low-level organized crime figures embroiled in a deadly conspiracy.
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| Original Score: B
Draxblog Movie Reviews
protagonist's narration puts the film's complex plot into much broader economic, political and cultural context.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Reno Gazette-Journal
A smart thrill ride with one magnificent finish.
| Original Score: A-
DVD Clinic
Fun stuff indeed, even if you might need the subtitles to help decipher all the Britspeak.
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| Original Score: 4/5
EricDSnider.com
It does nothing revolutionary, but it handles the basics with entertaining aplomb.
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| Original Score: B
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Just following what is going on is a big job, but the film has its rewards.
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| Original Score: 7/10
FilmFocus
Clean, crisp and gratifying, you'd be hard pressed to find a better British film this year.
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| Original Score: 85/100
Montreal Film Journal
Layer Cake is not the most original or memorable picture in the world, but it's a great calling card for Vaughn.
KWQC-TV (Iowa)
This is one of the few movies for which I can't tell you the name of the "hero."
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
Q Network Film Desk
It's nothing we haven't seen before, but Vaughn invests it with enough style and energy to make it worth the trip.
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| Original Score: 3/4
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Worcester Telegram & Gazette
...a delicious crime melodrama, with colorful characters, lots of action and violence, double and triple crosses, and a few fresh surprises of its own.
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| Original Score: 4/5
