Review of Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) by Alice V — 23 Nov 2010
Been waiting for a while to watch this and found it hard to get hold of. You can certainly see the 'Shane Meadows' stamp on this one, but in comparrison to his other films, it doesn't quite measure up. Meadows himself, is pretty aware of this, as he has spoken of this in interviews.
That being said, it's a light entertaining film with some great British actors and although that worked to a certain degree, Meadows talent lies in being able to pick fresh talent/untrained actors creating a gritty life-like situation. This was more of a 'roughed up rom-com'.
I did like the use of the talk show though, which strangely hasn't been used in any films that I am aware of.
This review of Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002) was written by Alice V on 23 Nov 2010.
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands has generally received mixed reviews.
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