Without ever trivializing his characters' meager circumstances or resorting to the rags-to-riches fantasy of "Slumdog Millionaire," Meadows has made a lovely film about the ability of the imagination to offset the harshness of reality.
Somers Town
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United Kingdom · 2008
1h 11m
Director Shane Meadows
Starring Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Elisa Lasowski, Kate Dickie
Genre Comedy, Drama
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Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo, a runaway from Nottingham and Marek, who lives in the district of Somers Town where his father is working on a new rail link, band together in this strange new city.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
A small but important film about small but important lives, the latest drama from Shane Meadows further confirms that more people should know about this gifted director.
Like its star, the movie is too short and a little thin but just about perfect.
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
An agreeable if slight, vaguely sketched character study times two.
The result is a movie that feels enjoyably aimless--one that invites viewers to just hang out for an hour.
Somers Town, is a trifle: A short black-and-white lark with sharp edges and a soft center. It has its raptures, though, and then some. A disarmingly slight tale of adolescent friendship, Somers Town is one of those rare movies that seems to discover itself as you watch it.
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