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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Kieran Hardcastle Stephen Graham Jo Hartley Andrew Shim

Directors Shane Meadows

Screenwriters Shane Meadows

Running Time 103 minutes

This Is England (18)

Plot
July, 1983. School’s out and 12 year-old Shaun (Turgoose) falls in with an amiable gang of skinheads and mods. Then National Front nut Combo (Graham) arrives on the scene, and being a little skinhead suddenly becomes far more than a fashion statement...

Verdict
Deeply impressive, as both a recreation of ’80s working-class England and an intimate tale of one childhood’s brutal end.


Reviewer: Dan Jolin

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