timmyhollywood All of the other reviews here cover the reasons to praise this film - the writing, the acting, the visual creativity. How do you make a story compelling for 90 minutes when it's one man alone in a car? You do it like this - plausible drama that builds in an organic way, with just enough backstory and circumstance to make your main character likable despite the mess he's gotten into. Unfortunately, that plausibility grinds to a screeching halt in the last few minutes of the film. The main and unforgivable mishap (SPOILER ALERT) is that Locke's mistress goes from debating whether or not to let the doctors perform surgery on her, to having the Cesarean, to then calling Locke with a crying baby in the background all in less than fifteen minutes. WHAT?? Maybe there have been massive advancements in medicine since one of my children was born this way, but a tooth-pulling takes longer, for Pete's sake. And maybe I'm being too critical, but everything else rang true and felt carefully constructed until this last bit, this awful punt.

guitarsticker Maybe I'm missing the point, but this is the most boring movie of all time except for maybe Eyes Wide Shut (which at least is hot). Nothing drives this movie, and you can get the gist of it by skipping thru for 5 minutes. Highly boring. Put on if you want to sleep.

nickfoster Didn't learn as much about concrete as I'd liked to have done

michael_balsdon For me this film is one of the major tests to see whether you are a true Tom Hardy fan. Hardy offers one of the best performances of his career in this film despite the fact that he plays a man that is simply driving his car and making and receiving phone calls. The film relies on Hardy's ability to carry the movie through its 85 minute run time and he succeeds. He perfectly captures the internal struggle of a man trying to make amends for a problem he caused. The supporting cast despite being voice roles are also good. The phone calls which are at the heart of the films plot feel real and there is never a point where you think that these are being acted.The only gripe with this film is that it's simplistic plot layout of Locke going from one phone conversation to the other can feel tedious to some viewers and the films ending while a suitable conclusion for the plot can leave people wanting more of a resolution to Locke's story.