Locked Down

"In spite of the available chemistry and charisma from Hathaway and Ejiofor, 'Locked Down' proves to be a bewildering mess, in part because of choices made in how to tell a story that mixes two-hander drama with a heist (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"[It] has a good time satirizing such now-iconic COVID-19 rituals as the forced civility of corporate Zoom calls (...) it’s also a lockdown drama that has more than a little on its mind." 

"Anne Hathaway leads a starry cast of overqualified performers who futilely try to make us believe that we're not trapped in a gimmicky stunt" 

"The pandemic sucks the fun out of a promising rom-com heist flick (...) A movie shouldn’t rely on Hathaway and Ejiofor to shell-game your attention away from the movie itself (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)" 

"Thanks to Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway it's mildly watchable, but mostly an artifact that might look better after a few years in the Covid time capsule." 

"[It] both incorporates and comments upon the realities of the moment. It might not be the first movie to explore life in the pandemic, but it is, for now, the best one." 

"Supremely annoying (...) If you still think frozen screens and kids disrupting Zoom business calls are a hoot, it's all yours."