Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

fionadp Making A Mockery Of Murder ~ This is a film about the Suffolk Strangler/Ipswich Ripper murders. Steve Wright is currently serving life imprisonment for the murder of five young women in Ipswich,Suffolk.The film focuses on the local community and how it pulled together and recovered from the shock of his grotesque spree killings. It features the real and unscripted words of the local residents put in the mouths of actors.It's presented in the form of a light hearted musical which is bizarre and slightly disturbing.These killings took place during the winter of 2006 which is only nine years ago - it's very insensitive for the film industry to exploit this tragedy & disregard the grief of bereaved parents in the pursuit of entertainment.

Prismark10 One of the complaints about La La Land was that many of the songs in the musical were unmemorable, but there was that cover version of Take on Me!London Road about the 2006 murders of 5 prostitutes in Ipswich was turned into an experimental stage musical by the National Theatre.The cast of actors repeat words spoken by the residents of Ipswich given to the film's writer, Alecky Blythe after the murderer was captured. The film might had been better if it stopped there. However it is a musical and people start to sing but the songs are tuneless dirge.I lost all interest in the film and I felt bad for the victim's families.

paulapierce I decided to watch this as I knew about the story and thought it would be a drama about it. I must have totally missed the 'musical' genre, which I have to say is a bit random, covering this terrible occurrence.To be fair, there isn't much about the murders its mostly about the community and how they were affected by them and as a result they came together to create a better area. The singing is a bit rubbish to say the least, however, having Olivia Coleman and Tom Hardy in the cast is a positive (sorry Olivia, singing isn't your strong point)

marklear-1 Yes, if like me, you see this film without knowing anything about its content and presentation, you should find it astonishing. As you can see from the plot summary in IMDb above, the story is a true one, in Ipswich in Britain, where five murders occurred not that many years ago. These events were then taken up by the National Theatre, and now as a film. There are a wide range of characters in the street (London Road) and they all have their own words used to make the dialogue. However, it is the presentation and delivery of the story that makes this film so riveting. My only reservations were the handling of two of the central characters which seemed a little far-fetched, but these are minor quibbles in a film which will be very differently delivered on the screen from what anyone would expect. Some of the imagery in the crowd scenes is especially noteworthy. Definitely recommended for art-house film fans, and the large crowd in Melbourne at the screening I attended seemed to be most impressed by its audacity.