Review of Somers Town (2008) by Anna W — 24 Aug 2008

Quirky little film that is just about perfect in length and funny throughout. Up there with the best of Shane Meadow's previous work.

This review of Somers Town (2008) was written by Anna W on 24 Aug 2008.

Somers Town has generally received positive reviews.

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By Salvador A (84) on 21 Sep 2010

No estÃ¡ mal pero los 70 minutos se hacen muy lentos. Abuso de la cÃ¡mara en mano demasiado movida, buff :( De Meadows prefiero 'This is England…

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By Scott J (1,156) on 13 Apr 2010

Good start I thought this was gonna be a good film but then I started to lose intrest and then it ended was shocked as Shane Meadows is one…

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By George C (386) on 31 May 2010

I'm a little surprised by the length of this film as it is a good concept that could have easily filled out to two hours…

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By Siavash - (137) on 19 Feb 2010

I like Shane Meadows' work and young Tommy Turgoose takes a good part again. Enjoyable enough short film…

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By Paul W (1,226) on 18 May 2012

A purposefully small film charting a not particularly eventful few days in the life of a group of characters living on the sidelines of London…

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By Sid S (51) on 27 Mar 2011

A short movie in black and white about friendship between 2 boys in England. Very sweet…

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By Tit M (158) on 19 Aug 2010

I can't see it competing in the same league with Meadows' previous films, such as Dead Man's Shoes and This Is England…

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By Neven L (5) on 03 Apr 2010

Zgodan mali nepretenciozni filmiÄ?. ali niÅ¡ta viÅ¡e od toga…

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By Luke W (568) on 26 Jul 2011

I usually don't like Black and White movies but this one was great. The story was quite simple yet engaging. I enjoyed it thoroughly…

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