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Its premise suggests brazenly tasteless humor, but Four Lions is actually a smart, pitch-black comedy that carries the unmistakable ring of truth.
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[Morris's] new comedy has a provocative, ticklish premise -- five North England Muslims become suicide bombers, but can't decide who or what to take with them. Feb 25, 2011 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
[Morris's] new comedy has a provocative, ticklish premise -- five North England Muslims become suicide bombers, but can't decide who or what to take with them.
Stephen Cole
It's difficult to imagine a movie this boldly provocative about the underworld of violent jihad, much less one that actually inspires laughter. Feb 24, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's difficult to imagine a movie this boldly provocative about the underworld of violent jihad, much less one that actually inspires laughter.
Peter Howell
The first feature, written and directed by satirist Chris Morris, may seem profane to some, but if you're doomed by watching it, at least you'll go down laughing. Jan 14, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The first feature, written and directed by satirist Chris Morris, may seem profane to some, but if you're doomed by watching it, at least you'll go down laughing.
Tom Long
The film wisely doesn't try to explore the roots of religious fanaticism and how it can manifest as murder: Instead, it simply accepts the world as it is and focuses on the ridiculous. Dec 29, 2010 | Rating: 3/4
The film wisely doesn't try to explore the roots of religious fanaticism and how it can manifest as murder: Instead, it simply accepts the world as it is and focuses on the ridiculous.
Rene Rodriguez
Four Lions is more interesting than riotous. Consider it an example - a well-paced, clever and understated compassionate example - of a filmmaker wrestling with fear. Dec 17, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4
Four Lions is more interesting than riotous. Consider it an example - a well-paced, clever and understated compassionate example - of a filmmaker wrestling with fear.
Lisa Kennedy
Really, these guys are just knuckleheads. And the movie is full of outrageous laughs. Dec 10, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Really, these guys are just knuckleheads. And the movie is full of outrageous laughs.
Richard Nilsen
I laughed out loud a lot, and by the time the plot catches up to the plotters and people start dying, there's genuine poignancy amid the ridicule. Mar 13, 2019 | Full Review…
I laughed out loud a lot, and by the time the plot catches up to the plotters and people start dying, there's genuine poignancy amid the ridicule.
Eve Tushnet
Those hungry for another taste of Morris' uncompromising, darkly-poignant portrayal of modern British society may well find themselves queuing for another ride down the rubber-dingy rapids. Nov 5, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Those hungry for another taste of Morris' uncompromising, darkly-poignant portrayal of modern British society may well find themselves queuing for another ride down the rubber-dingy rapids.
Daniel Green
[Director Chris] Morris scores on character development, humour and ideas. Nov 5, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Director Chris] Morris scores on character development, humour and ideas.
Kaleem Aftab
It feels like a missed opportunity all the same... As far as slapstick and farce and knockabout buffoonery go, this is as good as anything but my point, I think, is that this could be about any group. Aug 30, 2018 | Full Review…
It feels like a missed opportunity all the same... As far as slapstick and farce and knockabout buffoonery go, this is as good as anything but my point, I think, is that this could be about any group.
Deborah Ross
... the British comedy Four Lions will fascinate you... [Full review in Spanish] Mar 19, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
... the British comedy Four Lions will fascinate you... [Full review in Spanish]
Laura Hiros
Capable of being boisterously funny, but it's a movie not designed to be loved easily, or by most people. Dec 4, 2016 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Capable of being boisterously funny, but it's a movie not designed to be loved easily, or by most people.
Tim Brayton
Two nights before I watched 'Four Lions' I watched 'Peeping Tom' and the night before - 'Rashomon', two excedingly good films, perhaps they are the reason 'Four Lions' left me feeling cold and strangely enough, a feeling I'm not to familiar coming away from films feeling- annoyed at a missed chance (it's like 'Max Payne' again). Don't get me wrong, 'Four Lions' had me laughing at some of it's jokes, but the serious turns its took at the end felt unneeded and quite frankly, desperate, trying to get a reaction from the audience as the main character martyr themselves, main characters that throughout the film I felt no empathy for, so why should I care? 'Four Lions' had what it needed to be good, a new innovative premise and the cast to do it, what it came up with was a cheap anything for laughs (oh wait we're serious now but no we're not?), uneven mess.
Super Reviewer
Funny.
I could only make it half way through this...I do NOT get where the humor was in this. Not for me, obviously.
So many memorable lines and actions, it just naturally makes you laugh and is great to watch over and over... and over...
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