Name : Kyle Smith / Alias : New York Post
Monahan's trademark tart dialogue is as strong as ever, and Farrell and Winstone make for a formidable pair of opponents.

Name : Michael Atkinson / Alias : Village Voice
Monahan's debut has verve and charisma, but, in the end, the tension of a late-night pub shrug.

Name : Stephen Holden / Alias : New York Times
There is too much to be absorbed in too little time and not enough tissue connecting abbreviated, sometimes unnecessary subplots.

Name : Ray Bennett / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
Hard-boiled crime yarn with Irish wit, colorful characters and considerable style.

Name : David Fear / Alias : Time Out
Close this street down.

Name : Alison Willmore / Alias : AV Club
A great cast and an intriguing premise are crowded out by a surplus of plot threads that don't have space to play out, and accordingly come across as cliches.

Name : Stephen Whitty / Alias : Newark Star-Ledger
A movie is more than dialogue and a soundtrack. And direction is a lot more than making sure all your favorite parts of your own script make it to the screen intact.

Name : Moira MacDonald / Alias : Seattle Times
A stylish if familiar tale of a man hopelessly entangled in his past.

Name : Betsy Sharkey / Alias : Los Angeles Times
In trying to take a bite out of crime and another out of fame, [Monahan has] ended up with more than he can chew for his first time in the director's chair.

Name : Joe Neumaier / Alias : New York Daily News
Had the film stood still more often, its stylish gambit would have worked better.

Name : Leslie Felperin / Alias : Variety
London Boulevard is like a fancy, retro-styled pocket watch that someone accidentally broke and tried to reassemble with only a vague idea of clockwork.

Name : Ronnie Scheib / Alias : Variety
Beginning as a colorful documentary about the Puerto Rican transgender community. Mala Mala slowly morphs into a celebration of solidarity and collective activism without ever losing sight of its likable protagonists.

Name : Diana Clarke / Alias : Village Voice
This film does not pander. Rather, it demands that the viewer rise to the occasion.

Name : Daniel M. Gold / Alias : New York Times
While affirming the dignity of its subjects, "Mala Mala" shows there's little glamour attached to the pursuit of selfhood.

Name : Frank Scheck / Alias : Hollywood Reporter
Mala Mala depicts its subjects with an uncommon degree of empathy and understanding, not to mention glamor.

Name : Adam Nayman / Alias : AV Club
The outcome of this campaign gives the film a heroic arc, and yet amid all the images of celebration and joyful physical abandon the most lingering images are the ones depicting daily routines.