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Layer Cake
2004
· Movie
· 105 min
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1750
- IMDb #1670
- Google retired #2177
- Rotten Tomatoes #1358
- Metacritic #1345
- Letterboxd #2088
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1956
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1208
- Metacritic Critics #1199
- Metacritic Audience #1742
- Criticker #1216
- Douban #1599
- Kinopoisk #2144
- AlloCiné #2086
- Trakt #1778
Every rating
55–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 84.
See the most agreed on films →A successful and sophisticated London cocaine dealer is on the verge of an early retirement from the criminal underworld. His plans are abruptly cancelled when his boss assigns him two final, dangerous tasks: finding the missing daughter of a crime lord and brokering a massive deal for a volatile new supplier.
Details
- Director
- Matthew Vaughn
- Writer
- J.J. Connolly
- Based on
- Layer Cake by J. J. Connolly
- Studio
- Marv
- Released
- 30 September 2004
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Romanian
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.5M
- Box office
- $11.9M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →2 wins from 8 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| BAFTA Awards 2004 | Most Promising Newcomer | Matthew Vaughn | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2004 | Douglas Hickox Award | Matthew Vaughn | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2004 | Best British Film | Nominee | |
| Empire Awards 2004 | Best British Actor | Daniel Craig | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2004 | Best Newcomer | Sienna Miller | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2004 | Best British Director | Matthew Vaughn | Winner |
| European Film Awards 2004 | People's Choice Award for Best Actor | Daniel Craig | Nominee |
| National Board of Review Awards 2004 | Special recognition for excellence in filmmaking | Winner |
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BAFTA Awards
1 nomination
| Most Promising Newcomer | Matthew Vaughn | Nominee |
Empire Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best British Director | Matthew Vaughn | Winner |
| Best British Actor | Daniel Craig | Nominee |
| Best British Film | Nominee | |
| Best Newcomer | Sienna Miller | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special recognition for excellence in filmmaking | Winner |
British Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Douglas Hickox Award | Matthew Vaughn | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination
| People's Choice Award for Best Actor | Daniel Craig | Nominee |