This Is England

Written and directed by Shane Meadows, This Is England released onto our screens on the 27th of April 2006.

“Run with the crowd, stand alone. You decide.”

In 2008 Shane Meadows won a BAFTA for best
British film, and nominated for best screenplay thus
Winning British Independent Film Awards for best film
And most promising new-comer: Thomas Turgoose.

Company Credits

Production Companies:
Big Arty Productions
EM Media
Film4
Optimum Releasing
Screen Yorkshire
UK Film Council
Warp Films

Distributors:
Arthaus (2007) (Norway) (theatrical)
IFC Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
IFC First Take (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
King Record Co. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K. (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
NonStop Entertainment (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Optimum Releasing (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
A-Film Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
Canal Film (2008-2009) (Norway) (TV)
Madman Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (all media)
NetFlix (2007) (USA) (DVD)
Red Envelope Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)

Plot
Summer of 1983: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures lining the country and 12-year-old Shaun is left alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until he meets Woody and his followers. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles Shaun is welcomed, happy to be experiencing new aspects of his home. However, when Shaun has settled, Combo arrives on the scene: A bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun is in store. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia.


Ratings
Votes
Average
Males
20,042
7.9
Females
2,512
8.0
Aged under 18
551
8.6
Males under 18
440
8.5
Females under 18
111
8.8
Aged 18-29
15,781
8.0
Males Aged 18-29
14,008
8.0
Females Aged 18-29
1,740
8.2
Aged 30-44
5,228
7.6
Males Aged 30-44
4,689
7.6
Females Aged 30-44
502
7.8
Aged 45+
957
7.6
Males Aged 45+
812
7.6
Females Aged 45+
140
7.5
IMDb staff
5
7.3
Top 1000 voters
226
7.3
US users
3,042
7.9
Non-US users
19,520
7.9

Above shows the user rating for This Is England. Surprisingly, men and women are very equal in who has watched it, and mostly women slightly more. When watching the film I thought that it would the audience aim was for men, as there are mostly male characters, and the women are not depicted in the best way, also fueled with violence. A higher percentage fall under the 18-29 age range which is not as surprising, showing that the characteristics of This Is England is more appealing to a younger audience.