This is England (2006)

Director:

Shane Meadows

Writer:

Shane Meadows

Release Date: 27 April 2007 (UK)

Some say that this is a skinhead film whatever that means...and reading some of these "skinhead theory" reviews I was obviously expecting raw violence, spilled blood etc. etc.

But this is actually a film about growing up in England when your father is dead in a war overseas that you cannot understand, about confused rebellious and frustrated young people, a weird combination of skinheads and hippies, people that don`t know what to believe in...it`s a film about truly living the words "who the f*** knows?".

But most of all, it`s the honest, moving story of a kid that goes through all these problems because he lives in England and...this IS England.

What I really liked is that you can feel that the story is told by someone who went through all that and I was not surprised to find out that the film is inspired from the director`s actual life.

It has the feeling of a story told in a circle of friends but still has the power to ask important questions and that is quite rare in films these days.

I definitely recommend this film.