The Gentlemen is the new film by director Guy Ritchie. It has been recieved well by critics and they call it a return to form for the director.
So let’s dig into some trivia and facts about the new film!
- The Gentlemen is a 2019 action crime film
- It is written and directed by Guy Ritchie
- From a story by Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, and Ritchie
- The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell and Hugh Grant
- The Gentlemen premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema on December 3, 2019
- It was released in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020
- It was released in the United States on January 24, 2020, by STXfilms
- It was announced in May 2018 that Guy Ritchie would be directing and writing a film that would be in the same spirit as Ritchie’s earlier films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch
- The project was unveiled at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival
- There Miramax acquired the distribution rights
- Filming was expected to begin in October
- In October, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Henry Golding and Hugh Grant were cast
- With Jeremy Strong, Jason Wong and Colin Farrell joining in November
- Michelle Dockery also joined, replacing Beckinsale in her role
- In December 2018, Lyne Renée joined the cast of the film
- Principal photography began in November 2018.[14] Filming locations included West London Film Studios and The Princess Victoria pub in Shepherd’s Bush
- In February 2019, STX Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film
- The film had its world premiere as a VIP special screening at Curzon Mayfair on 3 December 2019
- It was released in the UK on 1 January 2020 and in the US on 24 January 2020
- In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside The Turning
- It is projected to gross around $10 million from 2,100 theaters in its opening weekend
- As of January 20, 2020, The Gentlemen had grossed $18.4 million worldwide
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 72%
- Based on 118 reviews
- With an average rating of 6.19/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads: “It may not win writer-director Guy Ritchie many new converts, but for those already attuned to the filmmaker’s brash wavelength, The Gentlemen stands tall”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 51 out of 100
- Based on 36 critics
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
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