--- title: Legend Movie Poster Uses Bad Two Star Review in Clever Way description: Poster for movie Legend starring Tom Hardy appears to hide a 2 star review from The Guardian so it looks like Benjamin Lee liked it canonical: https://time.com/4026381/legend-movie-poster-reviews/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 9, 2015 3:21 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 9, 2015 3:21 PM UTC What do you do when you have a film poster to design and a bad review? Get creative. A film critic for _The Guardian_ noticed that a movie poster for _Legend_ appears to make it look like he liked the film. The two stars that Benjamin Lee gave the film in his [review](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/03/legend-review-tom-hardy-on-double-duty-in-cartoonish-krays-biopic) fit perfectly between the heads of the two notorious British gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both played by Tom Hardy. > [](https://twitter.com/benfraserlee/status/641368752798306304) Of course, if moviegoers looked up the critique, they would likely be shocked that it was noted on the poster at all, given the review describes the film as “a disappointingly shallow take” that makes one feel, not “transported,” but “stuck on a tour bus,” and, to top it all off, argues that the narration is “lazy shorthand for a script that’s lacking in depth but overflowing with bad dialogue.” ## Transcript [ Music Playing ] [ Music Playing ] >> I'm going to kiss you then I want you to turn away and go on talking. >> Or I'll take the liberty of having you seized up and flogged. >> Now take the apple dearie. >> Nowadays you go out and get yourself an >> ism and-- >> Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. >> War! Take [ unk ] >> It is a war of the people, of all the people. >> Stand up now and go and we both go. >> Would you like to swing on a star. >> The bells of St. Mary. >> I'll never marry him. >> Nor any of the [ unk ] you try to force on me. >> Late? >> For the Easter Parade. We had a date, remember? -[ unk ] He's back. >> It's the greatest show on earth. >> White Christmas. >> Now, this is Doc, girls, Mr. Roberts. >> Hi! >> Hi! >> Hi! -[ unk ] >> What don't we get? >> You know damn well. >> Your eyes are full of hate, 41. >> Keep cooly cool, boy. >> No criminals! >> I could have danced all night. >> The hills are alive with the sound of music. >> Let there be light! >> Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. >> I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. >> Rules. No rules. >> 'Til we marry, okay? >> The French connection, a [ unk ] with a record too clean to be true. -[ unk ] >> All right, everybody, FBI! Don't anybody try to leave. -[ Music Playing ] >> Enjoy your flight. >> No, I am your father. >> Then try to keep up, okay? >> The need for speed. >> There you go, Ray. >> Yeah. >> You're dancing. >> Yeah. >> This is it. -[ unk ] are we hit? >> On our left. >> I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle. >> A whole new world. >> The circle of life. >> 90 blocks and 30 minutes of New York traffic. >> I'm flying. Jack-- >> I'll look in on you from time to time, okay, honey. >> You're a wizard, Harry. >> Shrek! >> Fiona! >> Fiona! >> Mom! >> Harold. >> Donkey! >> Let her go. >> Very poor choice of words. >> That's not trash. That's not trash! >> I thought I was-- >> The [ unk ] >> Oh my. >> What the heck? 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