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Film · 2020

The Gentlemen

Directed by Guy Ritchie · starring John Dagleish, Eliot Sumner and Matthew McConaughey

  • 1 h 53 min
  • 18
  • Thriller · Action · Crime
  • USA
  • Released in the UK 31 December 2019
  • 6.0 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.8 Users16 votes
  • 5.2 Critics6 reviews
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Synopsis

A British businessman who has succeeded in drug trafficking decides to sell his empire to a group of Oklahoma billionaires. Angry at his decision, his clients attempt to intervene with these agreements and the two sides enter into a fight that will force them to confront the realities of dealing against the other side. Guy Ritchie brings back to this movie starred by Matthew McConaughey ('Dallas Buyers Club', 'Interstellar') his hooligan spirit demonstrated in 'RocknRolla' (2008). McConaughey will delve in the skin of the successful drug dealer Mickey Pearson. This dark comedy, with script of Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies and the own Ritchie, counts, besides McConaughey, with Colin Farrell ('Lobster', 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'), Hugh Grant ('Florence Foster Jenkins', 'Bridget Jones Diary'), Henry Golding ('A Simple Favour'), Charlie Hunnam ('King Arthur: Legend of the Sword', 'Pacific Rim') and Michelle Dockery ('Downton Abbey', 'Anna Karenina').

The heart of the film is Fletcher, the character played by Hugh Grant, an untrustworthy private investigator who earns his life investigating the dirty laundry of those with a greater purchasing power for a newspaper edited by Big Dave (Eddie Marsan). Everything will start when Fletcher goes to the house of the Pearson's right hand, Ray, and will offer him a deal.

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The essentials

Runtime
113 min1 hour and 53 minutes
Box office
$26.9min US
Rating
18Suitable only for adults
How long is The Gentlemen?
1 hour and 53 minutes (113 minutes).
When was The Gentlemen released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 31 December 2019.
Who directed The Gentlemen?
Guy Ritchie.
Who is in The Gentlemen?
It stars John Dagleish, Eliot Sumner, Matthew McConaughey and Colin Farrell.
Where can I watch The Gentlemen?
In the UK you can watch it on rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did The Gentlemen make?
It took $26.9 million in US.
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Cast

Full cast (25)
Director
Guy Ritchie
Writers
Guy Ritchie
Producers
Bill Block, Matthew McConaughey, Guy Ritchie

Videos and trailers

All 2 videos
'The Gentlemen' trailer 2:3312 October 2019

Photos and posters

All 60 photos

Reviews

All 6 reviews
6.8 16 votes
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What the critics say average 5.2 from 6 outlets

  • 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterStephen Dalton Ritchie's homecoming is a fairly familiar affair, but also refreshingly funny and deftly plotted, with more witty lines and less boorish machismo than his early work. Read
  • 6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw Another dose of geezer-gangstery made all the more watchable by star turns from Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant (...) Ritchie has made an entertaining return to his mockney roots. Read
  • 6.0 EmpireIan Freer What it lacks in freshness and depth, The Gentlemen certainly makes up for in cartoon-y bluster and fun details. Welcome home, Mister Ritchie. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • US $26.9m
  • UK £11.5m

Soundtrack

All 12 songs
  1. Cumberland GapDavid Rawlings Spotify
  2. Vitamin CCan Spotify
  3. Count Your BlessingsMattiel Spotify
  4. The SnakeJohnny Rivers Spotify

Trivia

All 8 facts

  • Guy Ritchie's subliminal message

    Towards the end of the film Hugh Grant's "Fletcher" stands in front of a movie poster for 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' which is a previous Guy Ritchie film that he also starred in as slick operative "Waverly".

  • Matthew and Mickey

    Second time Matthew McConaughey has played a character named Mickey. He plays Mick Haller in 2011's 'Lincoln Lawyer'. Also this is the second Ritchie film to feature a character named Mickey. Brad Pitt plays Mickey, a bare-knuckle boxer in 2000's 'Snatch'.

  • Hugh and Fletcher

    Second movie in which Hugh Grant plays a character with the last name Fletcher after Music and Lyrics (2007) where he played 1980's pop singer Alex Fletcher.

  • Working titles

    Working tiles were "Toff Guys" and "Bush".

  • Tom Wu

    Tom Wu plays a character in this film called Lord George. Wu previously appeared in two other Guy Ritchie films with similarly named characters: George in 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword' (2017) and Lord John in 'Revolver' (2005).

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