Limehouse Golem Review

If you have a yearning for a juicy gothic murder mystery thriller then I would insist you catch ‘The Lime-house Golem‘ or if you are my dad ‘The Lime-house Gollum’.
You do get a baptism of fire with the more extreme moments at the start; however the film quickly establishes an effective contrast between the stylistically daring murder scenes and the warm flamboyant theatre antics. There was almost an atmosphere of live-theatre about the film and there where some very exuberant performances; Eddie Marsan and Douglas Booth where particularly entertaining. This film never lets your mind leave the story as the pace is very urgent and captivating and I was very absorbed by the mystery. There is a real gothic beauty about Lime-house Golem and It does a great job of capturing the atmosphere of a grisly victorian London.
I would have killed (figuratively speaking) for a rummage around the costume department for this film as it has a spectacular use of costume and design and a great command of colour. There was a greenish hue for the scenes that where chillier in tone which clashed effectively with the orange tinted glow of the theatre scenes.
Before going to see Lime-house Golem I had read that the identity of the Golem was obvious and this caused me to second guess my instinct and predict wrong. (Thank you critics for your assistance.) I do feel however that whether you guess the ending or not; the reveal was very succulent because it made complete narrative sense and you didn't feel cheated by having a tenuous character be revealed as the murderer. I thought the stories interlaced in a really engaging fashion, and I was going “ewww” and “ooooh” in satisfying measures.