AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

seangavin-09512 The series completely loses the intensity of the original film, and sells out to 'cuteness' - all of them having fun, giggling and partying. The characters are soft and fluffy now that it's been watered down. All of that frightening buildup and grittiness of the film is entirely lacking here.

Jackson Booth-Millard The film was brilliant, and I was praying that the television follow up would be as good, and thank goodness it was, from writer and creator Shane Meadows (Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Dead Man's Shoes). Basically the story continues where the film left off, three years later, most of the friends still see each other, and are obviously brought together by the big events that take place throughout the series. Teenager Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) getting slightly bullied, missing exams and catching his mother Cynthia "Cynth" (Jo Hartley) having sex with his new employer Mr. Sandhu (Kriss Dosanjh). Lol (BAFTA winning Vicky McClure) has a relationship with boyfriend Woody (Joseph Gilgun), they fail to get married, move into a grotty house together, her abusive father Mick (BAFTA nominated Johnny Harris) returns, and she starts an affair with Milky (Andrew Shim). Gadget (Andrew Ellis) has feelings for Lol's sister Kelly (Chanel Cresswell), but seeing her kissing someone else he starts a fling with older single mother Trudy (Hannah Walters), and in the process changes his appearance and personality. The once violent supposedly changed Combo (Stephen Graham) returns because his mother is dying, Trev (Danielle Watson) is violently raped by Mick, and he is killed by Lol with a hammer to the head when he attempts to do the same to her. At the end of the series all characters reunited for the 1986 World Cup England v Argentina match, that saw the infamous "Hand of God" moment, Shaun has sex with older goth girlfriend Smell (Rosamund Hanson) in the toilets, Combo takes the blame for Mick's murder, and Lol keeps quiet to her sister Kelly. Also starring Perry Benson as Meggy, George Newton as Banjo, Michael Socha as Harvey, Perry Fitzpatrick as Flip and Coronation Street's Georgia May Foote as Gemma. The talented cast are all fantastic, the returning actors and the one or two editions, Turgoose, Hanson, McClure and Harris standing out best, the subject matters and situations are still as realistic and thought provoking for the time setting as the film was, it is a brilliant British television drama. It won the BAFTA for Best Make Up & Hair Design, and it was nominated for Best Costume Design, Best Director for Meadows and Best Editing. Very good!

nicky smith This is one of the best UK TV dramas in years. Shane Meadows and his team have really went all out. With each episode getting more and more grittier and complex for the characters than the last. Some of the sequences were not only atmospheric but deeply observed and put you right into the time and era of England, but also the characters dilemmas. I want to see more of this quality on our TV's but it would be too much to expect such a quality show every week. I respect that this kind of quality takes months and in many cases years to put together. I love Shane Meadows and I think that he deserves a huge break now. He has surpassed himself with this show. Brilliant.

davideo-2 STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Playing out as the drama that it was, making it's characters so relatable to as normal people (and what a great job it did) This is England was one of those films that left you wondering what would become of the characters later on, long after it had finished. And, for those who don't fancy trekking out to the cinemas to see a follow up film, Shane Meadows has kindly made this more condensed four part TV drama that allows the drama and dynamics to build more gradually.All eyes, naturally, are on Shaun (Thomas Turgoose), the main character from the film, who's now a teenager, who's voice has deepened and who doesn't hold out much hope in his exams, leading him to a worrying future as another layabout with no hope in Thatcher's Britain. After the devastating events at the end of the film, he's also drifted apart from the old gang and hopes to keep it that way...until a chance encounter in a hospital causes their paths to cross again, including with Smell (Rosamund Hanson) his former love interest, and Woody (Joseph Gilgun) the charismatic leader of the group. Through-out the course of the series, the various characters encounter their various triumpths and tragedies, until they are set on a collision course with the return of Combo (Stephen Graham), before everything heads towards a shattering climax that will change everything.If there's one notable gripe here, it's that the attention to period detail doesn't feel quite as on the ball, compared with the film, with such minor notables as inside a hospital bringing this point to life no end. Otherwise, this is an inspired, relevant and worthy follow-up piece to a great film, that somehow does manage to get you more and more drawn into it as it goes on. As well as introducing a few new characters, the old faces including slow-witted Gadget (Andrew Ellis), hard faced mare Lol (Vicky McClure) and black guy Milky (Andrew Shim) are as prominent as before, some of them free to return to their more light hearted parts now free from the darker influence Combo had on them in the film. But although Stephen Graham's character is absent until the end, noteworthy considering what a massive driving force he was in the film, Johnny Harris perfectly fills his shoes in a very sinister role, truly bringing out a monstrous character in a very grim light.Though looking a bit more polished, with probably a bigger budget to cover it over, '86 basically follows in the same style as the film, the gang just ambling along, doing their thing, with the occasional dark burst of unpleasantness to make it feel truer to life. With some critics already hailing it as the best TV drama of the year, Meadows has left an acclaimed idea to his name. ****