Film: Plot is too thick in packed whodunnit

The Limehouse Golum feels like an eight-part series for Saturday night television, or a week-long binge-watch on subscription, writes John Maguire

Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke in The Limehouse Golem
Josh O’Connor and Alec Secareanu in God’s Own Country

Cinema

The Limehouse Golem: Directed by Juan Carlos Medina, Nationwide, 16,Rating:***

God’s Own Country: Directed by Francis Lee, Selected, 16,Rating:****

InThe Limehouse Golem, an operatic period horror from US director Juan Carlos Medina, Bill Nighy stars as a reluctant detective investigating a series of gruesome murders in sooty, foggy Victorian London, while Olivia Cooke is a music hall star accused of poisoning her husband. Ripe as ...