A musical about the inhabitants of a road where a serial killer murdered 5 prostitutes. Inappropriate? Maybe, but that doesn't mean it has to be bad. Just because subject matter is dark doesn't mean the end product can't work, That said, nothing in London Road works at all.The writer of the musical decided to take the actual words of people interviewed after the murder, which is a neat concept. Until that is, you realize that includes every umm, erm, pause, stutter, etc. The lyrics needed to be cleaned up to actually fit to music. Which brings us to the point of the music. It's not musical, it's words spoken in an ALMOST sing-song-y way, but not quite. Every now and then some of the words are put to actual song, and it's... interesting, but still far from good.The sad thing is that there probably is a strong story in there. Whether about the murders, the investigation, or the people affected by it, something could be told based off that. But not this. Never this.

Making A Mockery Of Murder ~ This is a film about the Suffolk Strangler/Ipswich Ripper murders. Steve Wright is currently serving life imprisonment for the murder of five young women in Ipswich,Suffolk.The film focuses on the local community and how it pulled together and recovered from the shock of his grotesque spree killings. It features the real and unscripted words of the local residents put in the mouths of actors.It's presented in the form of a light hearted musical which is bizarre and slightly disturbing.These killings took place during the winter of 2006 which is only nine years ago - it's very insensitive for the film industry to exploit this tragedy & disregard the grief of bereaved parents in the pursuit of entertainment.

This is a musical about murder. i think its twisted and sick. almost like its normalizing serial killers. its a very twisted idea.it starts like a documentary people sit down to talk to cameras. to talk about life on London road while these Ipswich murders took place. i think the people who made this film are very twisted. I cant imagine how the family's of these poor girls are going to feel about a celebration of there deaths. cause after all. music is a celebration of something. Usually music is a celebration of life, in a way they are celebrating the deaths of these poor girls. and the suffering of these poor familys.i don't find this innovative, it is astonishing and shocking. this is something that effected many peoples lives in a disturbing way. the whole of ipswich will have been effected by this. i think the last thing these people want right now is to create a musical about it. it is disrespectful and almost comes across like it is some kind of joke. you don't sing and dance about murder. these are real people real murders real peoples lives effected forever. mothers and daughters and fathers and sons. i think the whole idea is almost immature. let these people get on with there lives. i seriously don't think they will appreciate this movie whatsoever. a musical about there lost daughters. a musical about vicious nasty killings of 5 poor girls. i really doubt anyone singing about it in Ipswich. this movie is disrespectful in such an astonishing way. its horrendous.The Ipswich serial murders took place between 30 October and 10 December 2006, during which time the bodies of five murdered women were discovered at different locations near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. All the victims were women who worked as prostitutes in the Ipswich area. Their bodies were discovered naked, but there were no signs of sexual assault. Two of the victims, Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell, were confirmed to have been killed by asphyxiation. A cause of death for the other victims, Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol and Annette Nicholls, was not established.

Yes, if like me, you see this film without knowing anything about its content and presentation, you should find it astonishing. As you can see from the plot summary in IMDb above, the story is a true one, in Ipswich in Britain, where five murders occurred not that many years ago. These events were then taken up by the National Theatre, and now as a film. There are a wide range of characters in the street (London Road) and they all have their own words used to make the dialogue. However, it is the presentation and delivery of the story that makes this film so riveting. My only reservations were the handling of two of the central characters which seemed a little far-fetched, but these are minor quibbles in a film which will be very differently delivered on the screen from what anyone would expect. Some of the imagery in the crowd scenes is especially noteworthy. Definitely recommended for art-house film fans, and the large crowd in Melbourne at the screening I attended seemed to be most impressed by its audacity.