Review of This Is England (2007) by Kira P — 24 Sep 2015

'Anger is an energy' once bellowed the brilliant lungs of a certain anarchist in circa 1983 - the very same year that Shaun (Thomas Turgoose) got his first pre-adolescent rebellion shave. We forget so casually the importance and positive contribution of anti-establishment groups in our society, even now in times of political disenchantment.

Meadows, in my personal opinion, the only kitchen-sink-realist to long linger over unpalatable subject matters; other same-field filmographers likely too cautious of criticism to venture down the unlaundered pit-holes of scream-telling debauchery.

'This is England' all four chapters, the cast maintain a solid unity though they truly are one big family on the whole, despite individual struggles and the dangerous obscure presence of Combo, whose self-admittance to frequent asylum to protect himself and society, (from himself) a poignant twister that Meadows own emotional IQ Oscar-triple worthy!.