This is England
by Shane Meadows
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Actor: Andrew Shim, Jo Hartley, Stephen Graham, Thomas Turgoose, Vicky McClureDirector: Shane Meadows
Brand: Genius
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Ifc
DVD Reviews of This is England
DVD Review: All about belonging, alienation, and growing up emotionally
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, the film maker should be commmended for showing that many aspects of the skinhead culture appeal to those who want a sense of belonging, identity, and need for empowerment. Joining a group with a "hard" style and outlook provide for this. Many skinhead films solely rely on violent scenes to get this point across, but this film shows how the main character (and the other characters also) was affected by many different emotional influences, like Shaun's loneliness and the violent Combo's sense of his glory days being long gone.
Combo's sense of frustration is given an outlet and validated by the usual nationalistic, "everyone in the government and minorities are the source of all your problems" rhetoric that still goes on even today in the U.S. as well as Europe. Of course this leads to a horrifically violent act, and young Shaun shows his sense of being let down by everything that has happened in his life so far at the end of the film.
Sadly, an epiphany such as this is sometimes what is needed during the course of growing up to advance to the next stage of emotional maturity, which is to be secure enough to deal with the disappointment and loneliness that sometimes comes to us in life in a positive way.
DVD Review: Sterling Look at 80s England
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a truly great indie film, probably one of the best to come out of the UK. The acting is marvelous, especially the young man who plays Shaun. It's a gritty, tough look both at how an ostracized child tries to fit in and how racism and patriotism collide in a Thatcher-era England. Not to be missed, and the soundtrack is just great as well.DVD Review: Best radical movie ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is England is the best indie film I've seen since SLC Punk or American History X. In fact, I compare this film with those, the best I've ever seen. This is in fact the best film, mixing adolestence with a mature message. If I was Shaun I don't even know what I would do. DVD Review: I wish it had had a wider release
Summary: 5 Stars
Great film--A coming of age too soon tale of young newbie skinhead. All the young actors were masterfully directed. Naturalistic and poignant. Highly recommended. A moment in time perfectly captured. DVD Review: Too Timid To Make A Point, Too Scattered To Tell A Firm Story
Summary: 3 Stars
This is England came to me highly recommended as a smart, insightful film that told a story of modern history that I agree is worth telling. The problem is, I am left clueless as to what this movie was about. It didn't quite work as political commentary, as history, as a coming of age tale, as a story of the aftermath of grieving and loss, or as a buddy film. Its gaping ramblings about skinhead culture, race relations and changing times during Thatcher's "reign" needed more focus and a better script. I think too much was ambitiously aimed at by the makers of This is England, and as a result, what could have been an entertaining tale with a sound message ended up being a scattered, drifting, inexplicably stuttering exercise in missed opportunity. What was worth sticking around for were the performances here by some talented actors, young Thomas Turgoose as the emotionally needy central character, and the charismatic Stephan Graham most of all. Graham's sympathetic lost soul skinhead character, Combo, was in equal parts endearing, repulsive, and fascinating, and if this movie had a saving grace it was to be found in him. Other characters were maddeningly underused, namely Joseph Gilgun's Woody, who seemed poised to be the film's protagonist, but vanished as the plot grew toward its mid-point. This is England is in part inspired by real people and events in its director, Shane Meadow's, life, and I'm sure had much personal meaning to him, but it was still a sadly empty motion picture that did not live up to its billing.
Description of This is England
School is out for summer, and 12 year old Shaun is about to find a dangerous new group of friends. Having lost his father in the Falklands War, life has been lonely in this grim coastal town in northern England. When Shaun meets the local skinheads, however, their companionship and even their violence appeal to Shaun's hurt and rage. In Combo, an older volatile skinhead, Shaun finds a big brother and under Combo's leadership, the gang and young Shawn will arrive at an irreversible act of violence.Drama DVDs
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