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.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

FlashCallahan Ray is an ex-socialist who has become a bank-robber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain.Teaming up with a gang of other working class criminals, he commits one bank job too many.The gang dissolves in a murderous flurry of recriminations....Birds movie does have flashes of genius, but it does feature too heavy on subliminal socialist propaganda, from the blink and you'll miss it graffiti, to the Ken Loach posters strewn over Rays home.Other than that, it's a solid smoke and mirrors crime movie, sadly shadowed by the slew of Ritchie-esque capers that followed for the next few years.Released near enough at the same time as The Full Monty, yearning to cash in on Carlyle, the film is a different beast altogether. It does have the family struggles that both movies feature, but Carlyle is the only thing that these two movies have in common.The cast are great, and the movie is wonderful right until the final act, when they decide to go all Hollywood with the police siege.With a brilliant soundtrack that epitomises the nineties, if you were not at a certain age at the time of it's release, Face could go well over your head, as just another Geezers in peril yarn.It's so much more intricate than that though.well worth seeing.

popcorncharlie I saw Face at the cinema on Leicester Square upon release. I strongly agree with previous reviews that this movie was definitely overlooked at the cinema, which is strange as it has a strong cast. I have only seen this movie shown on TV once and the DVD is quite hard to find in the US. Face contains solid performances from a cast that features many famous actors, plus some very familiar faces from British TV and lower budget movies. The movie has great, realistic, believable script, with a twisty plot that keeps you entertained to the last scene. One of Robert Carlyle best performances, plus Ray Winstone (as ever) and even Damon Albarn are on great form. Portrays a very gritty side of London, in the rain. Highly recommended for anyone who is a fan of the British crime genre, not to be missed! 8 out of 10!

VisionThing This British crime film has got superb casting: every single performace is rock-solid and Robert Carlyle absolutely shines. Cast also includes an extra-terrestrially beautiful lady, Lena Headey. And the storyline is flawless -- full of interesting characters, believable enough, and deliciously crooked but free of annoying twists for twists' sake.Yet, somehow, the movie never quite reaches brilliance, but falls into the "quite nice" category instead. Directing and cinematography is a bit too conservative; a few original tricks (just a hint of artistic touch, some surprising angles, tinted scenes or anything at all) could have spiced the movie just enough to make it more memorable. And although the music in the action parts is appropriate, the clichéd saccharine sound squandering backing the more romantic moments is dismaying. This would have been a much better movie already if those sequences would have been void of music.So it is not a masterpiece despite the potential, but I liked it a lot nonetheless. Recommended to all who have an affinity for British quality movies. (7.5/10)

Ray Massart Very disappointing. Typical example of a movie which from the very start does not really know in what direction it is going.The mixture of a superficial sociological study, gratuitous violence and laborious plot are not convincing at all. Furthermore, the actors seem uncomfortable in their roles: luckily the protagonist is a smoker and often gives the impression that drawing on his cigarette is the only means of extending the plot due to the lack of convincing dialog.As the movie evolves to its so-called climax,the intrigue becomes so exaggerated that the overall impression is that of a farce rather than drama.