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Summary: Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. The boys are both infatuated with the same girl, and pass their days bickering over which of them loves her the most. (imdb)
The main character is an amalgamation of just about every single annoying characteristic you can imagine a 16 year old male possessing, so isn't always that nice to spend seventy minutes with. The rest of the film is amusing with some touching moments, though after the relative realism of most of the film the ending's whimsy comes off as a tad sickly. It's alright.
Somers Town is not Shane Meadows' best film, but it has his finest qualities: an appreciation of British working-class life as detailed as Ken Loach's, characterizations as realistic as Mike Leigh's and an interest in adolescent male impudence and longing.
Almost as gripping and engaging as Dead Man's Shoes or This is England, very charming and funny. And it has the same sincere sentimentality as the two before-mentioned.
Low-key social drama with comic approach and product placement of high-speed train service. Nothing worth remembering, except maybe the acting of Thomas Turgoose (as Tomo).
I really liked this, despite the negative comments in other mini-reviews.. The acting is great, particularly by Turgoose, the characters are very lovable and the score is fantastic and reminded me of Mark Knopfler's Local Hero score. All in all nothing very outstanding our groundbreaking, but considering it's only an hour long it's a very good way to spend that time.
It's a pleasant and endearing watch but there isn't really much to it. The highlight is Turgoose of This Is England fame as Tomo, time a director other than Shane Meadows gave him an opportunity !!
A tale about 2 teenagers, a Polish immigrant and a British native. And that's about it really. Flat characters, not-too-interesting story, and not sure what the director wanted to tell us by showing this short movie. It received 5 more points than it should thanks to very good acting of the young British boy.
Meadows' good-heartedness almost gets the better of him here and threatens to lapse into sentimentality. However, at best his humanism resembles the Truffaut of 400 Blows.
Another Meadows-helmed coming-of-age story with Thomas Turgoose in the lead, Somers Town is a far more charming and light-hearted affair than the duo's previous This Is England, but charm does not a better movie make. It's good for what it is, but definitely not the entry point for getting into Meadows.
Not close to the great 'This is England'. Quite boring and not sure what the director was trying to achive here, especially with the Black & White film which I think was unnecessary.
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