...no other film at this year's Tribeca Film Festival felt as sincere or nostalgic as Meadows' parable of masculine influence and the role of paterfamilias on youthful worship.
Meadows's use of ska and hardcore music to mirror his story's tonal shift is more adroit than the eventual resolution, which fails to properly dramatize Shaun's epiphany regarding his chosen path. The director's affectionate warts-and-all portrait of his milieu and subculture, however, is blistering...
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Though Shane Meadows's newest film, This Is England, befittingly captures the milieu and subculture of the 80's, as a whole, it lacks various elements for a stronger, vital, and even more heartbreaking film. And such an aspect is what ultimately abates what could have been an even more fierce, unforgettable film to a nevertheless cunning, yet simple observation.
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