44 Inch Chest

44 Inch Chest (2009)

  • 41% of critics liked it
    (78 reviews)

  • 36% of users liked it
    (13,014 ratings)

Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Dillane, and Joanne Whalley star in first-time feature filmmaker Malcolm Venville's darkly comic tale of a man who rallies his friends in order to seek revenge against the French waiter who recently slept with his wife. Sexy Beast scribes… More

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By
Malcolm Venville
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 29, 2010 Wide
On DVD
Apr 20, 2010
Image Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    After a while you can see why the wayward wife moved on to fresher prospects. Our man Ray is all talk, no bloody action.

  • Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

    It's an interesting spectacle, but not enough to carry a movie.

  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

    The whole thing feels like middle-period Mamet with English accents, and not much to say.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    Is this a documentary about a porn professional? Or a gym rat? Neither. It's a stagy, half-entertaining, half-tedious acting competition between five excellent Englishmen.

  • Michael Phillips, At the Movies

    I just felt like it was not going anywhere after a while and I did feel like I was trapped in a play that wasn't really working for me.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bruce B


    You Brits can make some dicked up movies. 1 Stars Whats even more dicked up is I spent 1 hour 34 minutes watching it

  • xGary X


    When an East End villain's wife leaves him for another man, he and his crew of old lags kidnap her new beau and leave him to stew in his own fear while they decide on the appropriate punishment. 44 Inch Chest is a rather unusual affair in that although its subject matter is that… More

  • Alexander W


    Rarely do I get bored of films, but this film dragged on way too long with too many "I was young once, and I am still hard!" jokes, script lines, and I just fast forwarded the movie to the end to remain pleasantly disapointed that I had not wasted my time watching the rest… More

  • paul s


    Taking a cue from Rod Serling: "Imagine if you will, you're a small time director of commercials. Somehow a film script by the same writing team that penned Sexy Beast comes across your radar. You pitch it and the studio says, 'sure, why not? Oh, and we've heard… More

  • Al S


    An intense and powerful thriller. A film that's as gritty, intense and rich as it is Shakespearic. It's sharp, ultra-dark, stylish and darkly funny. A rocking tour de force of an all-star cast that is absolutely incredible. Each one of these actors are truly at their finest.… More

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