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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :-
Absolutely brilliant movie, 3 April 2006

Author: evie-16 from Spain

I borrowed this movie off of a friend and me and my husband thought it was the best movie we had seen in ages. We really enjoyed the whole movie. It was hilarious,the characters were fantastic and they all played really good parts. I would recommend this movie to anyone with a sense of humor,who likes a good laugh. we have watched this movie three times so far and every time we watch it we laugh even more at the things we didn't notice the time before. The script was well written and well acted. Well done to all the cast. Whoever got all these great actors together well done to you too, as we think the combination was excellent. Thanks for the great entertainment. Brilliant!

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful :-
Call me shallow, but I love it..., 28 July 2004
Author: jschoenweiler from Tiburon, CA

Contrary to the other reviewer, I end the film wanting to add it to my collection. This movie has most of the elements of my favorite films, which sometimes include a bit of fun, self-indulgence, glam and humor. Oh, did I fail to mention gratuitous violence (ala the Catholic school girl from Kill Bill or the James Gandolfini scene in True Romance)? Jude Law makes me smile throughout the film, I see what he saw in Sadie Frost, and I must say Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) is by far my favorite British mafioso. Great performances by Kathy Burke (Sid and Nancy), and Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill). The gang from The Sopranos never had this much fun. Someone else watch this movie, so I can find out if I'm crazy....no one appreciated Very Bad Things but me! :)

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful :-
An under-appreciated comic gem, 8 July 2001

Author: margot from new york city

This film opened in London in April 2000 and was roundly panned as inept and self-indulgent. The 'Time Out' reviewer professed annoyance at the script's instant-classic nonsense line: 'Don't mac me off like a two-bob,' a imaginary bit of Sarf London street jargon. But the film's Jabberwocky dialogue is an essential part of its charm. It's a takeoff on cockney gangster films (Raymond Creed, head wideboy, is loosely modeled on Reg Kray, and is even mistakenly called 'Kray' in the DVD subtitling) and the violence is about as fearsome as that of a Roadrunner cartoon.

The best bits are tasteless and edgy, and certainly not everyone's cup of tea. A pathetic fat little hanger-on (Fat Alan) is forever being stabbed, clubbed, and tortured, or force-fed microdot LSD and made to eat dogfood. Another whingy gang member is chronically impotent and always being offered 'helpful' sexual advice from his colleague, who explains at one point how erections are caused by the penis bone being thrust forward from the spinal column during a state of sexual excitement.

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful :-
Don't listen to them!!!!!!! Do not miss this movie!!!!!!, 1 February 2007

Author: dazyrs from United Kingdom

I seriously don't understand some of the people who comment on this site.

THIS FILM IS AN ABSOULUTE 24 CARROT GOLD ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION.

This is my first comment on this site and I simply couldn't read the garbage written about this film without saying something.

This is one of my all time favourite films. The characters are superb and some of the scenes are just pure comic genius.

MAY I REMIND EVERYONE WHO DOES'NT KNOW.....This movie was all done ad-libbing, on the spot with a very loose script. And the single greatest thing about this film is that 90% of the humour is on the spur of the moment. When Ray and the gang are laughing.......THEY REALLY ARE LAUGHING.

Anyone who didn't enjoy the the comedy in the shootout scene in this movie doesn't possess a sense of humour. Simple as that.

AWESOME MOVIE Don't let any of these 90 year old, Pride and Prejudice loving fools tell you any different.

P.S.....never read ratings on this site BEFORE watching a movie, only AFTER. I have nearly been put off watching some right gems because of bad scores on IMDb. On the other end of the scale, I have watched some right tripe with scores of 10/10.....A mistake I will no longer make.

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful :-
I can watch this, again and again, 24 January 2007

Author: rikaitch

From personal experience, I can understand the escalation of violence in the underworld of a large city like London. This film is a superb concise representation as such, but even more of a bonus is the humour that goes with it. Yes it can be childish, just like a Roadrunner cartoon or Tom and Jerry, but does that make it a bad thing? I think not. As for acting, considering the backgrounds of a lot of the actors, it's exceptionally well done. Note how almost all the characters have the same first names as their characters, which in turn makes it easier to keep up with. Some genuinely disturbing and violent scenes also add to the bitter-sweet mix, and possibly one of my all time favourite action scenes with a mass shoot out really get the adrenaline going.

All in all, if you get the chance to see it, do. It's a great "unheard" of film history, certainly up there with Lock Stock or Snatch.

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-
Hilarious from the opening titles!!, 1 July 2001

Author: Maccus from Warwickshire, England

From the hilarious opening karaoke sequence (which I can and will watch again and again) I found myself enjoying this film immensely. Although at times disjointed the laughs came thick and fast as visual and verbal jokes flew around. The sex and violence was always played for laughs and often just suggested rather than displayed in gory detail. Just thinking of the blow up doll, the erect arabs and 'say something in Italian' still makes me laugh (now you need to watch to find out what I'm talking about).The many karaoke scenes in the film were occasionally over-indulgent but still good fun especially Elvis.

As for the ending being described by some as 'too serious' - how can this fancy dress scene be anything but out and out comedy?

Don't expect a cinematic gangster masterpiece - this is purely good fun and although not as clever and twisting as Lock, Stock it will stick in my mind for a long time. To Anciano and Burdis I say "more of this please or I'll throw you in the river!"

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :-
An English Goodfellas of sorts, 17 March 2005

Author: jrnsln from United States

Love Honour & Obey is a cool English gangster film with almost all of the great young British actors, excluding Ewan McGregor. Of course, with all of the obvious familiarity of the cast members, it's easy to write this movie off as a meaningless film made solely for the amusement of its friendly cast members, but at a closer look, it's actually quite good. The script is silly and it's often overdone, but to me, it was like paying homage to Scorsese films like Goodfellas and Casino with a bit more humor and hot British men instead of the likes of Joe Pecsi and Robert DeNiro. Overall, Love Honour is an entertaining film with a great cast who has great chemistry, much like Ocean's 12...great fun, not a lot of substance,but well done and very entertaining.

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Totally Superb, 5 February 2007

Author: ian1000 from United Kingdom

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Recommended to me by a colleague he did my a huge favour - like a fool I read bad reviews and ignored this gem; lesson learned my son! Some people will never "get" this movie; bear with me if you believe that you fall into this category.

The first thing an astute viewer will spot is that most of the characters are named after the actors; a trademark of the writers. The inept gangsters - pretty much all of them - deliver a first class comic performance.

If you laughed at Snatch, at Lock Stock film and TV show, and of course laughed with Tarantino on his journey - you'll surely laugh at this film.

Bravo are showing it regularly at the moment (Jan 2007).

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :-
Has its moments but still an OK film, 5 January 2007

Author: Mmyers2003 from England, UK

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CONTAINS SPOILERS The thing that has to be remembered is that this film clearly wasn't intended to be serious - We Brits just can't seem to help being cynical in our films.

I think what many people have trouble with is the varying change of style - Sometimes its serious (like the ending) and sometimes its a comedy (the dressing up in bridesmaids dresses etc) and this can lead to confusion over how to receive the film.

The best aspect is the cast - Ray Winstone (deserves proper stardom), Rhys Ifans (One to watch), Jude Law (you already know him), Jonny Lee Miller (another one to watch), Kathy Burke (seriously underrated actress), Sean Pertwee (vastly improved actor).

Overall I liked it for its funny moments. If you decide to buy it yourselves, don't expect a serious Oscar-winning gangster film but rather a cynical view of British crime.

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A great trip through fun blood and guts., 4 August 2006

Author: lambsy_uk from United Kingdom

I just happened across this film on TV and couldn't take my eyes of it. I laughed, I smiled, I cringed (at some gory bits), and had a big grin on my face throughout.

Love, Honour, and Obey has a nice little story line running from start to finish, which is mingled with cracking little sub-plots involving matrimonial problems, personal feuds, the most unlucky man in London, and some titillating little Karaoke excerpts that brought a smile to my face and even had me singing along.

All the characters are rogues, but you get to love many of them, and hate the one's you're supposed to hate.

I've not enjoyed a film so much in years; it reminded me of the first time I saw Trainspotting, just loving it from start to finish. So much so that I bought the DVD the next day and watched it all again! And unlike some films where they become naff on second viewing when you know what's coming, this was just as good on the re-run!

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