This Is England (2006) 8/10

Starring : Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joe Gilgun, Rosamund Hanson
Director : Shane Meadows
Running Time : 97 mins

It's the mid eighties, and Shaun Fields (Turgoose) doesn't enjoy his life until he finds himself taken under the wing of a group of kindly young skinheads. But when Shaun finds drawn towards a group of National Front supporters - a group who have a very different view of the world to his skinhead friends - he discovers a much darker side of human nature.

This is a very funny and very thought provoking movie, which doesn't take sides in its view of the National Front in the time of Thatcher's Britain. Thomas Turgoose is wonderfully likeable in the lead role, lending a credibility to a character that quite easily could have turned out to be totally one dimensional. A must see for anyone who's a fan of British cinema.

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