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This Is England

“Run with the crowd, stand alone, you decide.”

2006 · 1 h 41 min
Directed by Shane Meadows
CrimeDrama

Cast

Thomas Turgoose Stephen Graham Jo Hartley Andrew Shim Vicky McClure Joe Gilgun

Credits

Written by: Shane Meadows

Plot

In 1983, a lonely twelve-year-old boy in a seaside English town joins a gang of skinheads, and is drawn to the nationalist politics of a violent returning ex-convict, in a semi-autobiographical drama.

Sinekatalog’s take

A raw, funny and shocking portrait of 1980s England.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (136,364 votes)
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