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(1 - 14) of 14 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1   A- "It's a thoroughly exhaustive, hand-wringing emotional stick of provincial dynamite that viciously grabs the audience by the collar and drags them through the gummy muck of lives gone horribly wrong."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf "Meadows has a fighters' way with his camera, but an increasingly mature way with story."   Film Journal International   Chris Barsanti 4/5 "explosive"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin A- "A post-punk gem of a drama that seems bent on being both funny and deadly serious."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz B "The rare coming-of-age tale that offers real historical resonance rather than mere nostalgia."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A riveting English film about a fatherless 12-year-old English kid who joins a band of skinheads and is initiated into a world that rocks his being."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "This Is England may be set in 1983 but it's as relevant today as it was then."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/5 "The connections he makes between skinhead jingoism, Thatcher’s aggressive governing style and an aimlessly spunky kid coming-of-age are trenchant."   Boxoffice Magazine   John P. McCarthy "It is the war within him--and by extension, within the minds of many embittered, working class young men left behind in Thatcher's England--that Meadows's film most strikingly portrays."   Reverse Shot   Leo Goldsmith 2.5/4 "The director's affectionate warts-and-all portrait of his milieu and subculture is blistering, cogently capturing how England's early-'80s skinhead movement was driven less by blind racial intolerance than by intense socio-economic tensions."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4.5/5 "Meadows brings together the various elements perfectly, balancing sharp social commentary with realistic wit and humour."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B+ "A sympathetic, deeply human view of figures whose usual cinematic function is to get thrashed by Chuck Norris."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 7/10 "A successfully executed cautionary tale condemning war and racism in the context of growing up in cloudy Northern England"   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 9/10 "This Is England is a movie like a punch to the solar plexus."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 14) of 14 OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh Page   1