2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 32 m

2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 32 m

Summary Experience the music and energy of the 1970s punk underground. When fifteen-year-old Shay (Daniel Huttlestone) hears the music of The Clash for the first time, it’s a revelation, opening up a new world of social consciousness and anti-establishment defiance beyond anything he’s known in his dead-end London suburb. Drawn into the heart of...

Directed By: Derrick Borte

Written By: Matt Brown, Sonya Gildea, Kirsten Sheridan

2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 32 m

2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 32 m

London Town

Name: London Town
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2016-10-07
Duration: 1 min 32 s
Rating: 46
Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Daniel Huttlestone, Dougray Scott, Natascha McElhone, Tom Hughes

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings

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Directed By: Derrick Borte

Written By: Matt Brown, Sonya Gildea, Kirsten Sheridan

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The Seattle Times

Oct 13, 2016

With its boyhood-to-manhood tropes (growing up means getting a girl’s attention and winning an idol’s respect), London Town can’t be taken too seriously. But it’s nice to see part of the Clash’s populist legacy in a fan’s journey.

By Tom Keogh FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Oct 3, 2016

The film evinces a clear-eyed sense of the limits that a capitalistic society places on its working class.

By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW

RogerEbert.com

Oct 7, 2016

The movie’s impersonal, conventional telling of a reasonably standard male coming-of-age story almost tends to make the punk milieu it depicts beside the point.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 6, 2016

An awkward merger of wide-eyed innocence and political unrest, Derrick Borte’s sweet, almost sugary picture wants to rock but never finds the gumption.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Oct 5, 2016

The fantasy of a punk icon for a friend is one thing, but the filmmakers undercut the modest liveliness of their enterprise with a save-the-day storyline that seems far removed from the roiling, anti-authoritative ethos of punk.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Oct 5, 2016

All the ingredients for a gritty — if familiar — coming-of-age story are here. But London Town, though spirited, is consistently tension-free.

By Sam Weisberg FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 14, 2016

The raw vigor and protest of punk get co-opted by the movie’s coming-of-age story; it’s not the heartfelt sweetness that’s the chief problem, but how run-of-the-mill and derivative the plot is.

By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dutch Tilt Film, Killer Films, Culmination Productions, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Storyland Pictures

Release Date Oct 7, 2016

Duration 1 h 32 m

Rating R

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Website https://www.facebook.com/londontownfilm/

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Joe Strummer

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Dougray Scott

Nick Baker

Natascha McElhone

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Tom Hughes

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Vivian Daniels

Anya McKenna-Bruce

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Kerry Howard

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Yasmine Akram

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Jack Morris

White Boy

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