FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
francarroll love honour and obey is one of the finest movies of its ilk. A parody of all the fifties movies and a snub at Tarantino. it takes a poke at the London gangster formula of gangster movie that guy Richie made his name from. the script is fast paced and the actors look like they are having fun in each scene. the fact that actual actors names are used in the movie should be a nod to its self depreciation. the music is very fitting and unlike any other gangster film that has come before or since. the acting is just slick enough and not too overplayed.I can't believe the rating it's received on IMDb. check it out. I promise you you'll laugh out loud.
CountZero313 Johnny Lee Miller is a bit of an enigma. One of the best actors of his generation, he often seems cursed in the choice of films he associates himself with. In Love, Honour and Obey, he once again gives a multi-dimensional performance in a vehicle unworthy of his efforts.A postman decides he wants to be a gangster and gets his childhood mate to introduce him to his uncle, a North London gang boss. He turns out to be a bit of a loose canon, and his ambition leads to his own demise.So, it's a bit like Goodfellas, but going after the tone of the Ocean's movies. Derivative? More like plagiarism. Remember the "speak Russian" joke during the sex scene in A Fish Called Wanda? If not, you might just laugh here. If you are one of the unlucky few who saw Final Cut, then you only have yourself to blame if you think the same cast and crew could up their game.Winstone posts in his performance, Law and Frost are having a laugh, Kathy Burke should be ashamed of herself, Ifans can file this beside his stint in The Replacements, and we occasionally have to suffer through the three worst actresses in Britain - Denise van Outen. Only Miller tries to put a shift in. The comedy is downright embarrassing. The visual conceits concerning karaoke and Miller's narration in a clown outfit are mildly engaging, but may just garner plaudits because they don't annoy like the rest of this disaster.It is generally pointless to ask why a film was ever made, but given the involvement of BBC Films in this fiasco, you do have to ask why the taxpayer's coin was spent on this billboard for crony-ism. I am not a fan of period dramas, but I can at least understand it is part of the BBC's remit to bring the works of revered British authors to screen. What, exactly, does this film tell me about Britain now? What will it say to audiences watching it a generation from now? Desperate, lazy and ill-conceived as cinema, this project is also quite disturbing in terms of what it says about the development process at BBC Films.And Johnny Lee Miller, get yourself a new agent.
Jay Harris Even tho there are some violent scenes, LOVE, HONOUR & OBEY is a laugh riot. Granted there is nothing funny about criminal activity, but down through movie history there have been many great comedies about gangsters. Watching this I as thinking it could even be a take off Monty Python doing there version of Olsen & Johnsons HELLZAPOPPIN,. The large cast headed by Ray Winstone, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law & Sadie Frost & all the others seem to bye having a ball, SO WILL YOU,Nothing is to be taken seriously even though some serious stuff happens.. If you do not have a very wild vivid sense of humour & ridicule, stay away its not for you.For some reason it only played in one theatre in the US for only a week in 2001 & made under $1500. It did not make money in the UK either.I am glad I saw this. It is not a great movie BUT is very funny & many songs of the music score are done live Karoke style.Ratings *** (out of 4) 87 points (out of 100) IMDb 8 (out of 10)
lambsy_uk 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!
