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Noel Fielding as a gender-bent Dickens nightmare? Say less.
TMDB
69
IMDb
46
Rotten Tomatoes
57
Audience Score
57
Google
82

Set the Thames on Fire (2015)

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Overview

ComedyFantasyScience Fiction

Two boys fall through a grotesque, nightmare London, endeavouring to survive and escape, and perhaps find hope together in this dark comedy.

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Content warning
found family in ruinsclass as carnivalescape versus adaptationperformance of identity

Standout Aspects

Production

Shoestring worldbuilding that punches way above budget

Acting

Fielding's unhinged Dickie steals every frame

Best for:Solo: 2am existential spiral with wine and questions·Friends: Post-club 'what did we just watch' debrief
Heads up:Disturbing: Body horror-lite and grotesque imagery throughout
B

Director

Ben Charles Edwards

ReleasedSep 30, 2015
Runtime1h 23m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Blonde to Black Pictures

Top Cast

Max Bennett

Max Bennett

Sal

Sally Phillips

Sally Phillips

Collette

Sadie Frost

Sadie Frost

Mrs Hortense

Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding

Dickie

Lily Loveless

Lily Loveless

Emily

David Hoyle

David Hoyle

The Magician

Collette Cooper

Collette Cooper

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Deep Dive

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Cultural

Shot in actual abandoned London locations including a derelict theatre in Woolwich, giving it genuine post-industrial texture no CGI could replicate.

Insight

Director Ben Charles Edwards comes from fashion photography, which explains the film's compulsive visual layering—every frame fights to be a magazine spread even when falling apart narratively.

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