Andrew Shim, Frank Harper, George Newton
It's 1983 and school is out. Twelve-year-old Shaun is a lonely boy growing up in a grim coastal town in northern England, whose father died fighting in the Falklands War. Over the course of the summer...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 13, 2007
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October 2, 2009A great British film, gritty and hard hitting and made on a shoe string budget. It doesn't matter the story and acting make this a very powerful film and it deserves all the awards and accolades it has received.
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September 29, 2009Shane Meadows is by far ones of the best directors working today. This is a fine film with some great performances and a fantastic story. This should be on the school curriculum!
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January 26, 2009I don't know, it's about everything: . . . suicide, despair, where did our hope go? Lost hope, that's it, lost hope. . . . Yeah, well, you think everything is boring. I mean, you know, you wouldn't say that if it was the Lost Hope Diet.
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November 21, 2008A fantastic film that deftly juggles several themes, and delivers stunning well developed characters. The acting is great especially for the young ages of some talent, the scenes have an undeniable realism to them, and the human drama is portrayed at the perfect level of ambiguit...( read more)
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October 21, 2009Fantastic, realalistic and emotional. A fine film from Shane Meadows, living up perfectly to Dead Man's Shoes and A Room For Romeo Brass.
Shane Meadows has always had a knack for making gritty British films and this one is definitely no exception. In fact, this is by far the g...( read more) -
October 20, 2009Nice English story. The England just the way I wanted to see it. Plot is interesting, acting is great, and the lead kid is awesome.
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October 18, 2009A movie about racism, friendship, humanity. Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide. A simple story but good performances and some nice shots! Worth watching !
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September 20, 2009Emotionally hard hitting and absolutely shocking. The film gets nearly impossible to watch as the characters self-destruct, and the ending really disturbed me.
Critic Reviews
August 10, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
August 10, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is taut, tense, relentless. It shows why Shaun feels he needs to belong to a gang, what he gets out of it and how it goes wrong. Without saying so, it also explains why skinheads are skinheads. full review
July 25, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
It's only a half-great film, which is to say that its best moments are more perceptive and powerful than any other movie this summer. full review
July 24, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
The director's affectionate warts-and-all portrait of his milieu and subculture is blistering, cogently capturing how England's early-'80s skinhead movement was driven less by blind racial intolerance... full review
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July 17, 2008This was a good film and I, very much, liked it! The boy did a great job of acting and so did the supporting cast. It was sad to read the ending credits though; poor kid. I loved this movie and everyone should see it!
Take care all,
William
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May 13, 2007a great look at life in the 80s and the thatcher years, and great performances all round, also a great follow up by shane meadows, after dead mans shoes, dident think he could do better
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