This Is England

4.60
    This Is England
    2007

    Synopsis

    A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.

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    Cast

    • Thomas TurgooseShaun
    • Stephen GrahamCombo
    • Jo HartleyCynth
    • Andrew Shim'Milky'
    • Vicky McClureLol
    • Joseph GilgunRichard 'Woody' Woodford
    • Perry BensonMeggy
    • Andrew EllisGadget
    • Jack O'ConnellPukey Nicholls
    • Rosamund HansonSmell

    Recommendations

    • 91

      The A.V. Club

      Taut, tense, and self-consciously stylish.
    • 90

      The New York Times

      A modest, near-flawless gem, This Is England is the fifth feature by the young British director Shane Meadows, doing his best work since he first hit the festival scene in the mid-1990s with his hilarious, raw-hewn shorts “Small Time.”
    • 90

      Newsweek

      It has the feel of a classic coming-of-age story. It's the sleeper of the summer.
    • 88

      Premiere

      This Is England may be best summed up as a "coming-of-age" story that puts aside the clichéd baggage often carried by the description and ultimately ends up being moving, genuinely funny, thought-provoking, and highly recommended.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      Sad, menacing, empathetic story.
    • 75

      New York Daily News

      Turgoose, in his first film role, is entirely convincing as the strong-willed but naïve Shaun, and Graham is a genuine fright as the feral prototype of the violent skinhead culture on the horizon.
    • 75

      New York Post

      The 34-year-old Meadows has assembled an effective cast, especially newcomer Thomas Turgoose as Shaun and veteran Stephen Graham as Combo.
    • 75

      TV Guide Magazine

      British director Shane Meadows' strongest film to date is also his most personal: A stylish fictionalization of his own wayward youth, spent among a group of working-class skinheads in Thatcher's England.

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