Goodbye Charlie Bright Details

goodbye charlie bright

Good story-telling, well-paced gritty realism; this film will shock, make you laugh and feel much more for this bunch of law-avoiding youths from a council estate. An occasionally clumsy but overall enjoyable early offering from director Nick Love, who has recently produced the contraversial 'football factory', this film's true strength lies in its editing - brilliantly undertaken by rising star Stuart Gazzard.

[Highly rated reviewer]

The bonding of two lads

People renting this title expecting it to be another Brit gangster movie will be dissapointed, because it's not mean't to be yet another film of this genre. I am pleased about that. Importantly, it's a tale of bonding, it's a tale of love really.

A story of two lads, Charlie (Paul Nicholls) and Justin (Roland Manookian) , they've grown up together and are as close as friends can be. But Charlie knows it's time to move on and leave adolescence behind, along with the estate they were brought up on. Justin is not quite ready and still plays the fool. Charlie looks after Justin even though he embarrasses him. He protects him from the others but ultimately this is becoming tiresome.

The friends they share sort of flit in and out of the storyline but are very rellevant. Danny Dyer plays a great supporting role as Francis, others of note are Sid Mitchell as Tommy and Phil Daniels as Eddie. There are many more.

Some genuinely funny moments and certainly some very emotional and tender scenes keep the film rolling along very nicely.

All I can say is critics of this film have got it wrong. They miss the point. There is a clear message in this film and yes it only becomes clear towards the end.

Personally I loved it.