63
Metascore
20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s an entertainingly bizarre, lurid nightmare with a playfully literary flavour, very Ackroydian, but with hints of Angela Carter and a bit of William Blake.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanThere are a lot of twists and turns in the plot, but not all of them are satisfying. What does work are the performances, specifically Cooke and the richly sympathetic character she creates.
- The Limehouse Golem may be hokum, but it’s glorious hokum that brings something fresh to the stale old cadaver of Victorian melodrama.
- 75The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThe script carries us through without much effort, its expertly paced discoveries keeping us enthralled.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger Moore"Limehouse” is more a fascinating world to be immersed in than a dazzling telling of a morbid tale.
- 60Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenA perfectly watchable if overtly theatrical whodunit.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenInitially colorful, the script’s lurid and overripe dialogue eventually grinds the film to a halt.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneIt feels at once crammed and sketchy, riddled with flashbacks and framing devices, and woefully light on frights.
- 50Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganDirector Juan Carlos Medina (Insensible/Painless) fails to muster Golem’s many moving parts, and tension leaks from the film like the blood from one of its many savaged corpses.
- 40EmpireJonathan PileEmpireJonathan PileA great cast is let down by a script that fails to provide a compelling mystery to solve. Never mind as a big-screen production, this would be disappointing as a BBC mini-series.