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* TheAce: The people Locke talks to repeatedly emphasize that he's the best construction manager they've ever worked with, and always has everything perfectly under control. This makes it all the more dramatic when everything falls apart for him.
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* FreudianExcuse: Inverted. Ivan's dad was a complete deadbeat (it's implied that Ivan never met him until he was 23), and Ivan is determined not to be like him. That's a major part of his motivation for risking his marriage and career to be there for his unplanned baby.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Ivan cheated on his wife exactly once, with a middle-aged secretary who'd given up on having children. Naturally, she gets pregnant.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: At the end of the film, [[spoiler: Locke is awestruck hearing his child's voice over the phone; it appears to be the universe confirming that everything he's gone through was WorthIt to bring a new person into the world.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The main character is named after the Enlightenment philosopher who empathized logic and reason. Locke tries to reason his way through his crisis at every step. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
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* InsistentTerminology: Ivan seems to find it important to be precise in the way he phrases things;
** The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child's father.
** Gareth mentions the ten years he's been on the job,
** The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child's father.
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* InsistentTerminology: Ivan seems to find it important to be precise in the way he phrases things;
**things. The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child's father.
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** Gareth mentions the ten years he's been on the job,
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* InsistentTerminology: Ivan seems to find it important to be precise in the way he phrases things;
** The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child'sfather.father.
** Gareth mentions the ten years he's been on the job,
** The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child's
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never actually find out [[spoiler:if the hugely ambitious concrete pour goes off successfully, a matter of considerable interest to Locke. Possibly this is because, in the light of his marriage crumbling and child being born, he's no longer worried about it, although at the end of the film he's still determined not to give up control of the project.]]
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* HopeSpot: After the problems with the concrete pour have been sorted out, Ivan allows himself a few moments to believe that everything will work out with his personal life as well. Then his wife calls...
*InsistentTerminology: The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child's father.
*InsistentTerminology: The hospital staff inquire several times about Ivan's relation to Bethan, asking if he is her partner/next of kin/etc. Each time, he firmly corrects them that he is the child's father.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Locke is supposed to be a Welsh character. However, Hardy's accent practically wanders around the entire British Isles (commencing in South Wales, to be fair).
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Locke is supposed to be a Welsh character. However, character; however, Hardy's accent practically wanders around the entire British Isles (commencing in South Wales, to be fair).fair). [[CriticalResearchFailure This was due to the fact that the man Hardy based Locke's Welsh accent on was not, in fact, Welsh]]. Hardy didn't learn this fact until shortly before the movie was released, and at that point it was too late to do anything to fix it.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Locke had a one-night stand with a woman he is not particularly attracted to and does not particularly like. He claims he was simply drunk, in a good mood, and felt sorry for her.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Locke had a one-night stand with a woman he is not particularly attracted to and does not particularly like. He claims he was simply drunk, in a good mood, and felt sorry for her.her.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Locke is supposed to be a Welsh character. However, Hardy's accent practically wanders around the entire British Isles (commencing in South Wales, to be fair).
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Locke is supposed to be a Welsh character. However, Hardy's accent practically wanders around the entire British Isles (commencing in South Wales, to be fair).
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Locke is supposed to be a Welsh character. However, Hardy's accent practically wanders around the entire British Isles (commencing in South Wales, to be fair).
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* BerserkButton: The only time he loses his temper while on the phone is when Donal forgets to check to what percentage the concrete has been mixed.
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* RedHerring:
** Locke keeps talking about how the traffic is fine, but cops speed past him with sirens blaring several times. Other than some light road construction, Locke never encounters any traffic difficulties farther up the road.
** Locke keeps talking about how the traffic is fine, but cops speed past him with sirens blaring several times. Other than some light road construction, Locke never encounters any traffic difficulties farther up the road.
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* RedHerring:
**RedHerring: Locke keeps talking about how the traffic is fine, but cops speed past him with sirens blaring several times. Other than some light road construction, Locke never encounters any traffic difficulties farther up the road.
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** Locke is starting to get a cold. Other than provide him with some extra activities to do in the car, this never affects the plot.
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[[caption-width-right:214: [[TheDeterminator Some people are just that driven]].]]
[[caption-width-right:214: [[TheDeterminator Some people are just that driven]].]]
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* TheDeterminator: Locke vows to be there for the birth of his bastard child ''and'' complete the concrete job ''and still'' fix things with his wife even when the obstacles stack up against his favor.
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* TheDeterminator: Locke Ivan Locke. He vows to be there for the birth of his bastard child ''and'' complete the concrete job ''and still'' fix things with his wife even when the obstacles stack up against his favor.
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*TheDeterminator: Locke vows to be there for the birth of his bastard child ''and'' complete the concrete job ''and still'' fix things with his wife even when the obstacles stack up against his favor.
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*BeingGoodSucks: Locke does the right thing by choosing to be there for his bastard child [[spoiler: ....but it's at the expense of his professional and personal life. By the end of the film, they're utterly wrecked]].
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* ActorAllusion: In one of the many bitter rants against his father, Locke threatens to [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises break his back]].
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*ActorAllusion: In one of the many bitter rants against his father, Locke threatens to [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises break his back]].
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* DisappearedDad: Ivan's father wasn't around for his childhood. Ivan's primary motivation to drop everything and attempt the birth is to avoid the mistake his father made.
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* DisappearedDad: Ivan's father wasn't around for his childhood. Ivan's primary motivation to drop everything and attempt attend the birth is to avoid the mistake his father made.
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--> [[spoiler: '''Ivan Locke:''' Well hear this, Gareth. When I left the site just over two hours ago, I had a job, a wife, a home. And now I have none of those things. I have none of those things left. I just have myself and the car that I'm in. And I'm just driving and that's it.]]
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--> [[spoiler: '''Ivan Locke:''' Well hear this, Gareth. [[spoiler: When I left the site just over two hours ago, I had a job, a wife, a home. And now I have none of those things. I have none of those things left. I just have myself and the car that I'm in. And I'm just driving and that's it.]]
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--> [[spoiler: '''Ivan Locke:''' Well hear this, Gareth. When I left the site just over two hours ago, I had a job, a wife, a home. And now I have none of those things. I have none of those things left. I just have myself and the car that I'm in. And I'm just driving and that's it.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Ivan Locke:''' Well hear this, Gareth. When I left the site just over two hours ago, I had a job, a wife, a home. And now I have none of those things. I have none of those things left. I just have myself and the car that I'm in. And I'm just driving and that's it.]]
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Ivan Locke is a construction foreman who was scheduled to oversee the pouring of a concrete foundation for a new skyscraper. Instead, he has chosen to drive to London to attend the birth of his bastard child, the result of a one-night stand. Along the drive, he makes a series of calls to manage the wreckage this decision has caused in his domestic and professional lives.
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Ivan Locke is a construction foreman who was scheduled to oversee the pouring of a concrete foundation for a new skyscraper. Instead, he has chosen to drive to London to attend the birth of his bastard child, the result of a one-night stand. Along the drive, he makes a series of calls to manage the wreckage this decision has caused in his domestic personal and professional lives.
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* TheAlcoholic: Donal gets drunk on cider over the course of the film, which causes problems.
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* TheAlcoholic: Donal gets drunk on cider over the course of the film, after explicitly being told that he shouldn't be drinking, which causes problems. He admits that he's been caught drunk driving before and will go to prison if caught again.
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* GuysAreSlobs: Ivan's wife complains that he tracks concrete into the house, forcing her to chip away his "stone footprints." He also hasn't trimmed his beard in some time, which is possibly a BeardOfSorrow.
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* MarriedToTheJob: In a moment of bitterness, Ivan's wife tells him that he was more in love with his buildings than her.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Locke has lost his job and his wife intends to divorce him, but his sons still love him, his new child has been delivered safely, and he's still convinced that he's doing the right thing]].
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* TheAlcoholic: Donal gets drunk on cider over the course of the film, which causes problems.
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* {{Minimalism}}: The film is entirely composed of a single man taking phone calls in his car.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Locke imagines that his deadbeat father is sitting in the backseat of his car and directs a few tirades into his rear-view mirror.
* CharacterTitle: Ivan claims that he has repaired the family name Locke by making the principled decision to be there for his bastard child, unlike his wayward father.
* DisappearedDad: Ivan's father wasn't around for his childhood. Ivan's primary motivation to drop everything and attempt the birth is to avoid the mistake his father made.
* CharacterTitle: Ivan claims that he has repaired the family name Locke by making the principled decision to be there for his bastard child, unlike his wayward father.
* DisappearedDad: Ivan's father wasn't around for his childhood. Ivan's primary motivation to drop everything and attempt the birth is to avoid the mistake his father made.
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* NotSoStoic: Ivan maintains a calm and even-toned voice while on the phone, but he's shown weeping during some calls and suddenly exploding with rage when not on the phone.
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** Locke keeps talking about how the traffic is fine, but cops speed past him with sirens blaring several times. Other than some light road construction, Locke never encounters any traffic difficulties farther up the road.
** Locke is starting to get a cold. Other than provide him with some extra activities to do in the car, this never affects the plot.
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** Locke keeps talking about how the traffic is fine, but cops speed past him with sirens blaring several times. Other than some light road construction, Locke never encounters any traffic difficulties farther up the road.
** Locke is starting to get a cold. Other than provide him with some extra activities to do in the car, this never affects the plot.
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''Locke'' is a 2013 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Knight (of ''Film/DirtyPrettyThings'' and ''Film/EasternPromoses'' fame) starring Creator/TomHardy. The film is notable for its gimmick in that it takes place entirely within the automobile of the main character as he travels from Birmingham to London and spends most of the time on the phone.
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''Locke'' is a 2013 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Knight (of ''Film/DirtyPrettyThings'' and ''Film/EasternPromoses'' ''Film/EasternPromises'' fame) starring Creator/TomHardy. The film is notable for its gimmick in that it takes place entirely within the automobile of the main character as he travels from Birmingham to London and spends most of the time on the phone.
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''Locke'' is a 2013 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Knight (of ''Film/DirtyPrettyThings'' and ''Film/EasternPromoses'' fame) starring Creator/TomHardy. The film is notable for its gimmick in that it takes place entirely within the automobile of the main character as he travels from Birmingham to London and spends most of the time on the phone.
Ivan Locke is a construction foreman who was scheduled to oversee the pouring of a concrete foundation for a new skyscraper. Instead, he has chosen to drive to London to attend the birth of his bastard child, the result of a one-night stand. Along the drive, he makes a series of calls to manage the wreckage this decision has caused in his domestic and professional lives.
!!This film contains examples of:
* MinimalistCast: Ivan Locke is the only face we see in the whole film. We hear the voices of another 11 people, though mostly about five.
* YourCheatingHeart: Locke had a one-night stand with a woman he is not particularly attracted to and does not particularly like. He claims he was simply drunk, in a good mood, and felt sorry for her.
Ivan Locke is a construction foreman who was scheduled to oversee the pouring of a concrete foundation for a new skyscraper. Instead, he has chosen to drive to London to attend the birth of his bastard child, the result of a one-night stand. Along the drive, he makes a series of calls to manage the wreckage this decision has caused in his domestic and professional lives.
!!This film contains examples of:
* MinimalistCast: Ivan Locke is the only face we see in the whole film. We hear the voices of another 11 people, though mostly about five.
* YourCheatingHeart: Locke had a one-night stand with a woman he is not particularly attracted to and does not particularly like. He claims he was simply drunk, in a good mood, and felt sorry for her.
