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Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

chrislawuk Shane Meadows captures the epoch of the 80s Britain like no other director. I have never seen the 80s captured in such detail; its not just the characters and political references, but the very small details like curtains, blankets etc. Check the shots of the flat blocks, brings a chill to my spine as its so nostalgic. There is a lot of production value in the sets as well as iexcellent actors performances. He has moved British cinema forward in the vein of Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Irvine Welsh etc. America has indie cinema and Britain has the melodrama I guess; two very different styles but both focusing on family and social relations predominantly. The This is England series deals with two of the most difficult themes you could possibly imagine but does it brilliantly. I think what marks his work above other directors is the sheer brutal force he approaches the subject matter, and the emotional attachment he develops between the audience and his characters simultaneously. This is a monumental achievement and cant remember another show which moved me to the extent this one did, which had led me to write my first review here on IMDb

Chad Kinnair This is England '86 is a great follow on to the original film, based in 1983. I think the actors are sensational and Thomas Turgoose, the young boy is very original and such a seeker. When you watch other films with some of the actors who have done terrible things you feel like you can't feel sorry for them but you do because there such good actors :)The only problem was for me is the horrific disturbing rape scene in this programme. On Episode 3, Series 1 it was shocking and many people agree with my opinion. There was many complaints BUT that means the programme has tried to make people feel disturbed which proves it is a good Drama!

nicky smith This is one of the best UK TV dramas in years. Shane Meadows and his team have really went all out. With each episode getting more and more grittier and complex for the characters than the last. Some of the sequences were not only atmospheric but deeply observed and put you right into the time and era of England, but also the characters dilemmas. I want to see more of this quality on our TV's but it would be too much to expect such a quality show every week. I respect that this kind of quality takes months and in many cases years to put together. I love Shane Meadows and I think that he deserves a huge break now. He has surpassed himself with this show. Brilliant.

edumacated I'm an ex-pat Brit living in the us.and i can tell you most American viewers wouldn't last past five minutes into this show.the cast is below average in looks, some are deformed, they talk funny; the characters are a mixture of the depressed, depraved, the thick and the stupid. the acting can only be described as a work in progress, and they lead dead end lives in dead end places. there ain't no glamor here.all this will repel viewers whose identity is cast by fashion and t.v. programming. this show could never find a spot anytime on a us network. episode four would send middle America into a terminal tale spin--but it's not their fault. we don't get this kind of material because the money men who run us television only care about the cash--the baby faced producers would say, "who wants to watch a show about ugly losers?".and if you want to hold up PBS as a daring non-commercial network, then drink some more koolaid. their emphasis is Lawrence welk for the primary, grey haired donors, and pimping a brainwashing liberal agenda through their political programming. they might find the balls to show a program like this around the 23rd century.but i love it.the original film, and this following series, seems to take a cast of mostly inexperienced actors, who may have lived the parts, and coaches them through a working class reality which at its core is full of camaraderie, loyalty, forgiveness and love. not the prettified sitcom love, but a love grown through lifelong community and shared pain, a love of real sacrifice. these people are flawed like the rest of us, but they are not us. at first we reject their world as alien, but we see, through time, they share all our fears and traumas. we too are all common.and thank god someone is making something about real people.the great shame is: only a few Americans will ever see this show. we need to raise the bar, and flush out the cobwebbed hierarchy at PBS. i just hope we don't have to wait until the 23rd century for our programming to catch up. i don't think i can wait that long.