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Plot: A young schoolboy attempts to escape the tedium and meaninglessness of his working-class surroundings by caring for and training a kestrel that he's found.
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MCT:May 6, 2008By 'eck its bloody grim up north lad! A bleak and ultimately depressing film but the superb football match scene is an all-time classic.
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MCT:May 5, 2008
movies like these were the reason i like watching movies!.......it feels gr8 to watch a movie kes.....hope to find another one like this
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MCT:April 4, 2008
This movie reminds me so much of growing up in Yorkshire, with my dad working down the pit.
I had to watch this film for my GCSE's. I still holds a soft spot for me, and is something that I like to come back to now and again.
The film really depicts life in Northern England, and the harsh reality's of the surroundings. You don't really have much to look forward too, and there is little point in making goals for yourself.
Great performance by the local cast of actors, a nice gentle storyline (if a little sad at the end) and generally a good movie. -
MCT:April 4, 2008
A film I'd watched many years ago, which is about more than a boy who trains a bird of prey, it's about a distraction from home and school life, companionship and understanding. The boy who takes the lead part, seems to act very naturally and convincing. I'm sure this film will appeal mainly to the English audience.
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MCT:February 29, 2008
classic brit flick... real rough backdrop and some northern accents even i couldnt understand let anlone you yanks. one genius bit is when their PE techer joins in to play football. it'll be in my next DVD pack to keith.
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MCT:November 20, 2007
Whoops,...I had never heard of this British gem.
Well directed drama feels almost entirely undirected. Social-realist look at young boy growing up in a Northern mining town. I thought the domestic scenes a bit cliche, but the school scenes were great and the football scene was hilariously on the mark.
Billy Casper looks just like a young Mark E. Smith of the Fall ... no? -
MCT:November 18, 2007Brilliant and accurate slice of life in 60's northern England. Though almost all of the actors were picked from the local area and had never acted before this film, the performances are incredibly nuanced and real. When I see the film now, it holds up as one of the best films in British moviemaking history
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MCT:November 17, 2007
beautifully naturalistic film about a boy's relationship with a kestrel. wonderful performances. note: subtitles may be useful for americans at some points
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MCT:September 26, 2007
A hard and without perspective life in a mining community. A childhood with scarce dreams and no hope.
Ken Loach gives us a powerful, critical but not pamphleteering (like Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11) view of the working class, its limitate possibilities and frustrations.
Billy Casper is a lonely 15 ys old boy that can't find support neither in his family (stupid brother and indifferent mom) nor in the school. The fail educational system reflects the own teacher's frustrations and shows that anyone there can't scape of it. Billy knows it; his future is anything else than the mine. His empty life "changes" when he starts to train a falcon, Kes, and got really affectionated by it. His existence now has a purpose, but the verdict seems to be already decided. -
MCT:September 23, 2007
Socially-realistic is an understatement - this feels more like a documentary! I'm not an expert on life in the 70s/80s but when I was watching this it seemed as if it was pitch perfect - exactly how I would imagine that era to have been. David Bradley is phenomonal as Damien. He is so focused and manages to give a compelling and 100% believable performance. The scene of him describing the training of Kes to his class was one of the most fantastic and gripping moments of cinema I have ever witnessed. The symbolism of the film is quite clear - the kestrel being the representative of hope and freedom, and Damiens older brother represents what he is desperate not to become. The film starts out a little tedious, but as it develops it becomes a stunningly powerful depiction of young Damiens life, and his desperation to change it. Wonderful.
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MCT:July 21, 2007
This is a great film that captures the unique ability of young people to find meaning and fulfillment in the darkest and most unpromising situations.
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MCT:June 22, 2007
Before watching it I knew how the film ended - so why did I watch it? I wound up weeping like a baby. Good film that loses point in my rating for having a sound man that should've been shot.
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MCT:April 26, 2007Why should a boy be judged on academic excellence - perhaps more should be made of the importance of this film.
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MCT:March 15, 2007
They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they couldn't break his spirit.
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MCT:February 19, 2007
Excellent film that really gets you by the heart. One of my favourites. Some absolute classic scenes in this.
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MCT:January 30, 2007
not a bad film, so aesome acting in it!!! gd story bt i thought the ending let the film down as it all happend so quickly!! bt overall nt a bad
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MCT:December 12, 2006
Ken loach is the best director doing social/political stuff. this is so raw and still so sweet. SEE IT.
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