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Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a distinctly negative picture of the .. Read more

Starring	Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, David Wood, Richard Warwick
Director	Lindsay Anderson
Genres	Drama

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- If is both exhilarating and depressing. It shows us what British movies could be like if only Anderson were still around to put a rocket up them.
- 41264
- - Empire
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26
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  - 3
  One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.
  
  If... is a masterpiece of British Cinema. An authentic, almost documentary, account of life in an English boarding school in the 1960s, which serves as an ... read more »
  
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  - Grimmy
  - 31 reviews
  - Up North
  - 04 Apr 2007 at 13:11
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  - 0
  Dated but special
  
  I remember seeing this as a gay pre-teen and the modest gay bits in the movie gave me hope 'as a small town boy'. This movie deals with all sorts of ... read more »
  
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- - dougthom
  - 237 reviews
  - Brighton,UK
  - 15 Jan 2012 at 15:18
- - 0
  - 0
  dated and dull
  
  This didn't really make a great deal of sense to me and the narrative seems very confused. Perhaps those who grew up in the aesthetic might appreciate it ... read more »
  
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- - HRRS
  - 2 reviews
  - 10 Jan 2012 at 17:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Some beating!
  
  I quite enjoyed this although it seemed to run out of steam near the end as well as becoming slightly ridiculous.
  
  However, having been to boarding ... read more »
  
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- - Nicknacks
  - 2 reviews
  - 16 Aug 2011 at 20:21
- - 2
  - 4
  Poor Marks
  
  Bit tedious. All characters are hateful to be honest. Can see why it was controversial in 1968 though. Never liked Malcolm McDowell in anything - suppose its ... read more »
  
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- - 5ft7offootballheaven
  - 183 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Jan 2011 at 16:58
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  - 1
  Good Movie!
  
  This one was worth watching. Even though it's really old it still hits the mark today. Malcolm McDowell stars as Travis, who with a couple of mates form a... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
  - 201 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Aug 2010 at 19:08
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  - 5
  Not a classic
  
  This was meant to be one of the greatest films of all time. It really did not work for me. I got very bored very quickly
  
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- - Randomfilmbuff
  - 327 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Jul 2010 at 17:31
- - 2
  - 2
  the makings of a school shooting
  
  strange film
  
  makes private school look twisted it probaly is!!!
  
  i like the fight against the system from the main charecter but its a ... read more »
  
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- - OSo
  - 401 reviews
  - Tooting London
  - 03 Sep 2009 at 17:54
- - 0
  - 2
  A bit brutal
  
  This is the story of a young man who enters his first term at puiblic school. There are rules - many rules - that he has to memorise. The elder boys seem to run... read more »
  
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- - Pops2221
  - 28 reviews
  - Leicester
  - 01 Sep 2009 at 00:06
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  If ....
  
  A tale of oppression and revolution in a British public school. Michael McDowell is on top form in his first feature film and this opened doors to his long ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Treorchy
  - 29 Aug 2009 at 00:24
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  If....
  
  Really enjoyable to watch - everyone loves boarding schools, right? Especially ones as surreal as this.
  
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  - Sleaford
  - 26 Aug 2009 at 19:31
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- - 39
  - 3
  One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.
  
  If... is a masterpiece of British Cinema. An authentic, almost documentary, account of life in an English boarding school in the 1960s, which serves as an ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 427033
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  - Grimmy
  - 31 reviews
  - Up North
  - 04 Apr 2007 at 13:11
- - 20
  - 2
  A REAL 60'S CLASSIC...
  
  IF.... director lindsay anderson insisted on the four dots.
  
  a classic of the sixties. this film blew my class of 14 year old lads away in the mid ... read more »
  
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  - london
  - 13 Sep 2005 at 17:23
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  Best Ever
  
  This is the best film in the world, ever - end of.
  
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- - a customer
  - Wales
  - 28 Jun 2007 at 20:33
- - 16
  - 5
  Awful
  
  An odd, eccentric, depressing film.
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 12 Feb 2008 at 15:00
- - 8
  - 0
  pointless
  
  Ive read some of the reviews and a lot of people liked this film, if i have missed the point, im sorry but, about 3 people who didnt tow the line and sorted it ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Calne
  - 01 Oct 2008 at 18:03
- - 6
  - 0
  If ...
  
  Watched this, as a non-Brit, with my nearly 15 year old son who is at boarding school and my English husband who boarded in the 70ies ... discussed it later ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - South East England
  - 29 Apr 2008 at 18:02
- - 6
  - 2
  outdated fantasy
  
  I had waited years to watch this film ... and was disappointed. Acting by the 'boys' was wooden and unyouthful and by the adults just dire. Even ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 11 Jun 2008 at 14:56
- - 5
  - 1
  Give me dead poets society anytime!
  
  A real disapointment....IF has definitely not stood the test of time...acting was wooden script was shallow and the ending was naff...if only sam peckinpah was ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Birmingham
  - 27 Oct 2008 at 19:35
- - 4
  - 0
  goood
  
  cool, we need new films like this
  
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- - a customer
  - bristol
  - 05 Nov 2007 at 21:03
- - 4
  - 0
  No!
  
  No! Not good at all. Don't really understand why it's mant to be a classic.
  
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  - Buxton
  - 06 Feb 2009 at 09:23

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Critics' reviews
- If is both exhilarating and depressing. It shows us what British movies could be like if only Anderson were still around to put a rocket up them.
- 41264
- - Empire
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26
- A modern classic in which Anderson minutely captures both the particular ethos of a public school and the general... read more on Time Out
- 118063
- - Time Out
  - 17 Jun 2010 at 03:17
- This is the High European classic that is also quintessentially English.
- 41265
- - The Guardian
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26
- Confirms its status as a classic, a movie of real authority.
- 41266
- - The Observer
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26
- A modern classic.
- 41267
- - Time Out
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26

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  Rebellious students at an English private school plan a violent revolt against their repressive environment in director Lindsay Anderson's highly acclaimed but extremely controversial drama. Centering on a small group of non-conformists led by Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the film paints a ...