Originally written: SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

"Dom Hemingway" is a 2013 British-American black comedy–crime drama film directed and written by Richard Shepard.

I bought the ticket for Dom Hemingway knowing almost zero about the movie. Only thing I knew was that Jude Law was in it. And that was enough for me.

The venue was Princess of Wales and I was lucky to buy the ticket beforehand. I arrived there around 9.25pm (the movie started at 10pm). The line for ticket holders was UNBELIEVABLE. I mean it was my first time going for a movie with a ticket, but rush line compared to that is tiny.

We were told that people at the rush line probably won’t get any tickets. I wondered at that because I managed to get to see The Fifth Estate and 12 Years A Slave that were more high profile (in the regard of the buzz) and tickets for Dom Hemingway were available no prob…

The line started to move around 9.35pm. It was moving pretty fast, which is a good thing, since I was almost at the end of line (almost 2 blocks away from the theatre, so I had no idea what was going on at the red carpet, but I knew that Jude Law would be there). Seeing as I was almost at the end of the line, I got my place at the balcony. But it was OK.

The movie was presented by the producer, Richard Sheppard, and the whole cast. After the movie there were Q&As for about 15-20 mins. Everyone was joking and Jude Law was very funny and charming.

I can’t say I liked the movie a lot. It is an odd black comedy type of movie about an ex-con Dom Hemingway, who comes out of jail aster spending 12 years there. He tries to get back his money, his life, get in touch with his estranged daughter. There is a lot of swearing, vulgar jokes and randomness. The movie is funny, but if it weren’t for Jude Law, I would have never gone to watch that. Just not my thing. But Jude is really good, really believable and funny.

I liked Q&As. One of the things that I remember was when somebody asked how Jude prepared for the role and he said that he did nothing, ate lasagna for dinner, ice cream, whiskey, and was being lazy.

There is a bit of nudity in the movie. We got the view of naked Jude several time. Nothing obscene, but definitely not for kids :)

Another funny thing was when Madalina Ghenea said that Jude pushed her into the pool (during the pool scene) but she doesn’t really know how to swim, but she survived. She was very beautiful and wore a red dress, very similar to the one she wore in the movie.

Richard E. Grant was also in the movie and he was hilarious as a sidekick/partner to Dom.

Definitely a nice movie, but I wouldn’t put it one the must watch list, unless you are a hardcore Jude Law fan, because that man’s acting is great.