Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- irreverent
- sardonic
- chaotic
- late night viewing
- british crime marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an underwhelming and uneven British gangster comedy, with its criminal premise and comic ambitions failing to cohere convincingly.
What sets it apart
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Ray's criminal organization spends as much time joking and planning his wedding as pursuing serious violence, while Jonny craves a more theatrical underworld.
Jonny's profitable credit-card scheme fails to satisfy him, leading him to provoke conflict with the rival South London gang.
The gang's organized-crime identity is juxtaposed with goofing around, wedding preparations, and everyday courier work.
The plot centers on Ray's North London gang and Jonny's attempts to antagonize its South London equivalent.
Films like Love, Honour and Obey, and why
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
shared british gangster comedy, criminal ensemble, and irreverent treatment of organized crime
The Gentlemen
shared london crime setting, comic gang rivalries, and fast-moving criminal plotting
Snatch
shared darkly comic gangster milieu, escalating violence, and dysfunctional criminal personalities
The Long Good Friday
shared british crime satire, gangland ambition, and abrasive comic tone
Movie Details
- Directors
- Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
- Release Date
- 2000-04-07
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (72)
Cast
- Jonny Lee Miller
- Jude Law
- Ray Winstone
- Sean Pertwee
- Rhys Ifans
- Sadie Frost
- Perry Benson
- Ray Burdis
- Dominic Anciano
- Kathy Burke
Common questions
- What is Love, Honour and Obey about?
- A restless London courier joins his friend’s gangster family and tries to turn a profitable scam into the violent legend he imagines.
- What is Love, Honour and Obey like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Love, Honour and Obey as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Love, Honour and Obey violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Love, Honour and Obey as brutal.
- What did critics think of Love, Honour and Obey?
- Critics broadly found the film an underwhelming and uneven British gangster comedy, with its criminal premise and comic ambitions failing to cohere convincingly.
- Which films are like Love, Honour and Obey?
- Films with a similar feel include Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Gentlemen, Snatch, and The Long Good Friday.
- How long is Love, Honour and Obey?
- Love, Honour and Obey runs 103 minutes.
