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NEDS Reviews

2010

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John McGill is about to start secondary school in Glasgow, where he hopes to continue his fledgling academic career. But his dysfunctional home-life, where his father is drunk and violent, his mother is anxious and repressed and his brother is always in trouble with the law, conspire to thwart his chance of a better life. Read more

Starring	Connor McCarron, David McKay, Marcus Nash, Martin Bell
Director	Peter Mullan
Genres	Drama

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Critic's review of NEDS
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- NEDs, aka Non-Educated Delinquents, is a bold take on teenage gang warfare in 1970s Glasgow. read more »
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- - 40
  - 10
  Don't watch it in your own shoes...
  
  I'd recommend you watch this film...NOW!
  
  A story about a boy (John McGill) who can't seem to escape from the violence around him whether at ... read more »
  
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- 1000121
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - BrownEye
  - 1 review
  - 03 Jun 2011 at 17:18
Most recent members' reviews of NEDS
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- - 0
  - 0
  I can think of worst ways to spend an evening.
  
  A fantastic start and possibly an plausible explanation of how kids can, by circumstance, become delinquents. It is worth a watch, you will be glued to your ... read more »
  
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- 1121406
- - a customer
  - 24 May 2012 at 12:43
- - 0
  - 2
  ending such a let down
  
  the ending lets you down so much you dont get any answers so it ruind the full film in my opinion i wouldent evan waste your time watching it pointless story ... read more »
  
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- 1117807
- - a customer
  - 09 May 2012 at 14:22
- - 1
  - 1
  Excellent Scottish drama
  
  Peter Mullen does a great job , its difficult to watch at points especially if you have a somewhat dubious background but he seems to do the subject matter ... read more »
  
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- 1114964
- - crazyjonny
  - 8 reviews
  - 28 Apr 2012 at 19:21
- - 0
  - 1
  OK Social Drama
  
  Basically this is one of those 70s football hooligan films without the football bit. A brainy lad whose brother is the local hard man descends into a life of ... read more »
  
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- 1111468
- - GaryI
  - 657 reviews
  - March, Cambs
  - 15 Apr 2012 at 21:52
- - 0
  - 0
  Give it a chance
  
  Some of the reviews for this are harsh. It is quite a powerful film trying to put across a strong message. It would have been nice at the end to have been given... read more »
  
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- 1109799
- - Ashnewmember
  - 1 review
  - 09 Apr 2012 at 20:47
- - 0
  - 6
  Been done better before...
  
  Not very good at all. The tag-line is a lie; even the title is grammatically ridiculous - rather, the title represents the film-makers inability to pick an ... read more »
  
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- 1106945
- - newphase
  - 13 reviews
  - Gloucester
  - 30 Mar 2012 at 21:41
- - 1
  - 2
  PRETENTIOUS NONSENSE AVOID AT ALL COSTS
  
  An incredibly pretentious film created by equally pretentious people who clearly have no connection to the subject matter. Imagining what gang culture must be ... read more »
  
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- 1106873
- - TINO722
  - 1 review
  - 30 Mar 2012 at 16:15
- - 1
  - 1
  wants t be better than it is.
  
  Way too long. The film is directionless like the protgonist. Is that a film style method directing like method acting?
  
  Very gritty with a few moments... read more »
  
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- 1106246
- - pike
  - 11 reviews
  - 27 Mar 2012 at 23:57
- - 1
  - 0
  A good watch
  
  This film is better than average. I quite liked the storyline. Violence and drug use is the main theme of the film.
  
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- 1104172
- - Fanaticaboutfilms
  - 24 reviews
  - 20 Mar 2012 at 09:02
- - 0
  - 1
  Dark and Gloomy
  
  I watched this with my boyfriend on a Sat evening, he thought it was okay, but I beg to differ: it is based in Glasgow, the film was difficult to understand and... read more »
  
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- 1103642
- - a customer
  - 18 Mar 2012 at 15:32
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- - 40
  - 10
  Don't watch it in your own shoes...
  
  I'd recommend you watch this film...NOW!
  
  A story about a boy (John McGill) who can't seem to escape from the violence around him whether at ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1000121
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - BrownEye
  - 1 review
  - 03 Jun 2011 at 17:18
- - 4
  - 0
  New Ending Desperately Sought
  
  I'd heard a lot of good things about NEDS and was really looking forward to seeing it. On the whole, the film delivers but I'm afraid the ending just ... read more »
  
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- 1097576
- - EricHalfabbey
  - 13 reviews
  - 28 Feb 2012 at 19:53
- - 4
  - 1
  Distressingly believable
  
  'There are these artificial ceilings put over certain groups of people - in this case young, working-class boys in the '70s,' Mullan explains. '... read more »
  
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- 956885
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - RichardReeve
  - 6 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 25 Jan 2011 at 01:27
- - 4
  - 2
  Great film
  
  I really enjoyed this film, albeit a bit depressing. The mood of the film and acting is spot on - one of the best rentals I've seen in ages.
  
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- - a customer
  - 29 May 2011 at 21:58
- - 3
  - 0
  "Neds" not quite up for it
  
  After the excellence of 'Orphans' and 'The Magdalene Sisters', I had high hopes of Peter Mullan's third feature. Set in Glasgow in the 70s, ... read more »
  
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- 958472
- - a customer
  - edinburgh
  - 29 Jan 2011 at 13:09
- - 3
  - 0
  Quality fim.
  
  In a year of rubbish films this was surprisingly affecting. The central performance is a tour de force but the accents made the dialogue largely ... read more »
  
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- 1001617
- - hugobear
  - 24 reviews
  - London
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 13:37
- - 3
  - 0
  Surprisingly Good
  
  This was a pretty decent film, I expected it to be awful but I was pleasantly surprised, I liked the way it just shown his life from a boy to a young man, ... read more »
  
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- 1085582
- - SiiA
  - 6 reviews
  - 25 Jan 2012 at 23:48
- - 3
  - 1
  See you Jimmy !
  
  Big disappointment this, it starts off well and you're interested in the characters and the story but then it goes seriously off the boil and becomes mainly... read more »
  
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- 1014505
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  - BarryP
  - 18 reviews
  - Ryton
  - 08 Jul 2011 at 08:51
- - 3
  - 1
  Outstanding Film.
  
  Wow, Thought provocing and emense. Its a must watch. Watch one childs journey into the pit of hell it will live with you for a long time.
  
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- 1093930
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Rigsbie
  - 3 reviews
  - 18 Feb 2012 at 15:00
- - 2
  - 0
  This is Lord of the Billy England Flies
  
  Gritty, urban, working class, angst fuelled drama.
  
  What starts out to be a bit 'Billy Elliot', turns out to be more of a 'This is England... read more »
  
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- 1014762
- - ross_edwin
  - 18 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 08 Jul 2011 at 21:32

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Critics' reviews
- NEDs, aka Non-Educated Delinquents, is a bold take on teenage gang warfare in 1970s Glasgow. read more »
- LOVEFiLM Review
  - Jennifer Trevorrow
  - LOVEFiLM
- Just when you thought British cinema was in danger of stalling in its default mode - classy crowd-pleasing, with award-worthy millinery - along comes NEDS to give it a rude and vital kick up the rear.
- 178701
- - Daily Telegraph
  - 25 Mar 2011 at 01:38
- [A] forceful slice of life, clearly indebted to the realism of Ken Loach, in whose My Name Is Joe Mullan starred, and to whose Kes it nods.
- 178703
- - Guardian UK
  - 25 Mar 2011 at 01:38
- The Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan is a man intrigued and terrified by the ties that bind us â" the links to... read more on Time Out
- 144136
- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 19 Oct 2010 at 03:30
- It's a personal, affecting and pleasingly unusual film […] Never less than shocking, powerful and utterly relevant.
- 178704
- - Time Out
  - 25 Mar 2011 at 01:38
- A rush of violent, visceral drama, Mullan's directorial effort will stay with you.
- 178702
- - Empire Magazine
  - 25 Mar 2011 at 01:38

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