Brinley Green, Burn Gorman, Colm Meaney
Matthew Vaughn directs this intricate drama, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, about a British drug dealer (Daniel Craig) who longs to ditch his illegal trade. But he can't do that without ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
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September 26, 2009After being cast as Bond, Daniel Craig's back catalogue is now much sought after. Although Craig came to most of the UK's attention with a stand out performance in Our Friends in the North, it's Layer Cake that showcases why he got the Bond audition. Perhaps now, this strong cont...( read more)
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September 16, 2009I?m bored of these dodgy British gangster films, generally made by rich public school boy mockneys! Not my kind of film at all. I liked it when he got shot at the end though!
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August 19, 2009A cocaine distributor who enjoys a low profile finds himself hunted by Serbian drug dealers after doing business with an inept gang of crooks. Comparisons with Guy Ritchie are inevitable, and the rather overly broadly played "Duke" and his crew invite such comparisons, but the re...( read more)
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August 15, 2009You know how these British crime movies are. Layer Cake is less stylized than some of its peers, but its great cast and well-layered plot are more than enough to make it as good as any of the others that I have seen.
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July 10, 2009Energetic performers animate an aptly-titled, intricate screenplay with quick action and slick dialogue that is so busy keeping ahead of the viewer that it is nearly indecipherable but for its separate parts. Without saying anything particularly meaningful about its many interest...( read more)
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October 21, 2009slick, sexy, thrilling crime caper
not as good as Ritchie
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October 21, 2009Wow this movie was brilliant. I really like british crime movies, this is very much like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking barrels, and it seems that the director is friends with Guy Ritchie himself. The director of this film, (Matthew Vaughn) produced Lock, Stock, and two Smoking Bar...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
May 27, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
May 27, 2005
Kurt Loder, MTV
[H]as been put together with a great deal of cleverness, and it slams along at a bracing clip ... a fast, compact and madly complicated criminal adventure. full review
May 26, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
In the end, Layer Cake serves up the just desserts. full review
May 20, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The special appeal of Layer Cake derives from its efficient, gripping story and from the personality of the unnamed protagonist. full review
May 20, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Craig is fascinating here as a criminal who is very smart, and finds that is not an advantage because while you might be able to figure out what another smart person is about to do, dumbos like the me... full review
May 13, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Vaughn's film falls short of Goodfellas, but thanks to his ability to organize a complex story and bold, color-drenched photography by Ben Davis, Layer Cake is a cocked fist of a movie, impossible to ... full review
April 7, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Pulses with nasty thugs, cold-blooded crime lords, drug traffickers, blond seductresses, and a thumping suspense that can lead to head-cracking violence. full review
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September 23, 2007Absolutelt loved this film, could stare at Daniel Craig all day! How fantastic is that man, has the most amzing eyes i have ever come across. That suit at the end...... Stunning!
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January 25, 2007fantastic film. serves british film well. Stylish, gritty and exciting. Loved it.
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