Metacritic Movie Ratings
This Is England Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  A modest, near-flawless gem, This Is England is the fifth feature by the young British director Shane Meadows, doing his best work since he first hit the festival scene in the mid-1990s with his hilarious, raw-hewn shorts "Small Time."

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• 90

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust

  The writer-director brilliantly juxtaposes the personal and the political, bookending a stirring coming-of-age drama with the provocative opening and an equally affecting end sequence.

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• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The movie is taut, tense, relentless. It shows why Shaun feels he needs to belong to a gang, what he gets out of it and how it goes wrong.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Sad, menacing, empathetic story.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Variety

  With its knockout lead perfs and taut if slightly familiar construction, this '80s-set dramedy about a skinhead gang reps Meadows' most fluently made film so far.

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