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Legend

2015

Brian Helgeland

Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Colin Morgan, David Thewlis ...

5.9

9,579

Thriller. Drama The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.

	Media	Author	Review
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"This ungainly portrait strikes a lot of poses (...) But none of it disguises the fact that the film is also tonally incoherent, vacuous and structurally a bleedin' mess"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Hardy's astonishing, award-caliber twin turn as the notorious Kray brothers deepens and darkens Brian Helgeland's biopic"
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"Hardy and and Caroline Harris’ period costumes are the most memorable thing about “Legend,” which is basically Scorsese lite."
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"Hardy gives an utterly fascinating performances in his dual role. (...) [Helgeland] has turned a film about Britain's most notorious gangsters into a love story. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		Oliver Lyttelton IndieWire	"It's worth the price of admission just to see Hardy's Reggie performance, which is up among his best work. Still, the story could have perhaps used a more inspired hand at the helm."
		Dan Jolin Empire	"Hardy is astonishing and magnetic in two truly towering performances (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It’s two thugs for the price of one actor and while flashes of brilliance emerge from his performance(s), Hardy is let down by disappointingly pedestrian surroundings (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is an overfamiliar story, made potent by Tom Hardy always giving it 200%. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		Kate Muir The Times	"Unfortunately the film supporting [Hardy's] performance, written and directed by Brian Helgeland, is disappointingly muddled, with a script that falls into banalities. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"
		Helen O'Hara Telegraph	"It’s too long and too muddled to stand among the greatest British gangland films (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy are the reasons to see 'Legend' (...) It's also consistently fun to watch."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Helgeland's script is hit-and-miss, not on the Oscar-winning level of his 'L.A. Confidential'. Still, Hardy is a show all by himself, an actor flying without a net and having a ball. Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"

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