This Is England on DVD (2006)

poor

A customer from Braintree England , 04/12/2007

this film was a load of rubbish a complete waste of time.

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An Hilarious, disturbing must see !!

PaulaWestwood from Ashton-Under-Lyne [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/05/2007

Firstly, 15 year old Thomas Turgoose is immense in this, a truly magnificent, humerous performance full of truth. Secondly, the film itself is superb, it punches where it needs to and exhorts fits of laughter too, totally describing the 80s, certainly as I remember them, with a cringing accuracy that made me catch my breath. Based on a group of skinheads having fun who get unfortunately re-involved with a more radical race obsessed ex-member who has been in prison, who attempts to turn the good time gang into a bunch of race hate muppets. The whole thing is a well worked and worthy film that I would not hesitate in recommending wholeheartedly.

Now... I repect greatly others views and don't comment on them at all, as they are after all only opinions, but on this occasion I must, as there is a glaring mis-opinion on these pages. A reviewer from Bradford TOTALLY gets this wrong, the whole thing is based on actual experiences of the writer and director Shane Meadows, so this DOES and DID actually happen and is I recall accurate from my own experiences, Mr you are wrong and could have put people off this who would otherwise do so.... so shaddap !!!!

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dross

john mcdonald from Congleton [Highly rated reviewer] , 08/11/2007

total pants dont bother

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The end of England's dreaming

GreenwichPaul [Highly rated reviewer] , 08/06/2007

Shane Meadows once again proves himself to be one of the best directors working in the UK today with this alternately funny and shocking study of skinhead culture in the 80's as it implodes into violence and hatred.

It is the story of a lonely 12 year old who befriends a group of skinheads in the early 80's. But the dynamics of the group change with the unexpected and unwelcome arrival of Combo. Although it is said to be based on truth this is not always a believable film but that is a minor quibble

The film manages to tread carefully between broad comedy and intense drama and has moments of pure cinematic brilliance which is all pulled together by the superb acting and Meadows' confident direction. Excellent

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What is this film about ?

A customer from Bromley , 15/09/2007

Thomas Turgoose's performance stops me giving this film zero stars, but otherwise I kept waiting to see when any semblance of a plot might materialise.

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This is England

A customer from Oxford , 11/11/2008

This film, set in the 80s, follows a band of disenfranchised skinheads, with a young boy in the centre of the plot. The background of the Falklands War and Maggie Thatcher is ever present. When we meet the gang, they are led by a gentle young man and they are really pretty harmless if aimless, but then a former member of the gang is released from prison and the mood changes to violence and racial hatred. This vicious characters is by no means treated sympathetically but you get glimpses of the frightened angry little child within. Some of the gang are drawn in but not all and the film ends up rejecting the violence and the racial hatred although a price has been paid, not least in the lost innocence of the young boy. The acting is superb and the film really worth watching.

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