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65 out of 100

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  • Summary: The humorous, harsh, and movingly human coming-of-age tale of two 12-year-old boys told by screenwriters Meadows and Paul Fraser comes from their own shared childhood experience. (USA Films)

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    85
    The most poignant (if hard-hitting) depiction of childhood to show up this year.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Manohla Dargis
    80
    Indeed, one of the nicest things about this jewel of a film is that there isn't much of a story at all -- just a handful of delicately drawn characters moving through life that is at once familiar and yet slightly elevated by a director who loves the good in people more than the bad.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Derek Elley
    60
    An easygoing kitchen-sink comedy with an unsettling final act.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    25
    Goes downhill fast.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. LaGuerta
    9
    Meadows' understanding of everyday life portrayal is unparalleled. His partial use of improvisation induce a strong realism and hilarity into every scene. Seemingly with ease, he blends this with serious, and sometimes sinister, undertones which possess the same authenticity. The result is an unpretentious, honest and overall, touching film.… Expand
  2. ERG1008
    8
    Shane Meadows on form with this moving & occasionally disturbing film based, like most of his stuff, in the East Midlands.
    Acting is top notch     as you would expect but I was still in awe at how good Paddy Considine is as the unhinged yet childlike Morrell.… Expand

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