England Is Mine

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Han R Apr 7, 2019 So before Morrisey became like everyone's embarrassing uncle who gets pissed at a family wedding, makes a pass at the bridesmaids and pisses up the side of the church during the photos, he and the Smiths were the voice of a generation of angsty young men. England is Mine purports to show the early life of Morrisey, growing up in a bleakly dismal Salford and generally moping around having his genius go unrecognised by all those around him. This should be a perfect tale for an arthouse, cult biopic giving late middle aged musos something to debate and ponder over a pint of real ale. Unfortunately, the fact that this movie is completely unauthorised by anyone remotely connected with The Smiths is only too apparent by the complete absence of any of their music or lyrics. It becomes painfully obvious rather quickly that the creative explosion that happened when Steven Morrisey meet Johnny Marr is not really going to happen on screen and instead we get this mildly amusing story of a priggishly egotistical bore moaning his way through Manchester in the late 1970s. The formation of one of the most groundbreaking groups of the 80s is turned into an enormous elephant in the room and the tension just becomes unbearable and crushing. Perhaps some stories are better left untold? See more

Finn R Apr 4, 2019 If you've longed to see Moz work menial jobs, pop pills, sulk around and sleep; here is the film you've waited for. Boring and dreadful. See more

Kylo P Mar 29, 2019 England is mine begins in Manchester in the 70's as Steven Morrissey mopes around writing glum poetry, critically bashing bands on the local music scene for NME magazine and failing to form any kind of meaningful relationship because of his social awkwardness and complete lack of confidence. He has a small peak at the life he wants when he is temporarily the lead singer of a band that is soon disbanded due to the guitarist being signed up for bigger things in that big London place. This sends young Steven spiralling into world of self doubt and mental health issues until he meets aspiring artist Linder Sterling who encourages him to be the person he is meant to be, and then later Johnny Marr, future guitarist and co writer of songs for iconic band The Smiths. The film was good, it was funny and Jack Lowden did a very decent impression of a young Morrissey but I did feel slightly short changed at the distinct lack of Smiths songs in the film. I later found this to be because the film was not endorsed by the powers that be and so they did not have the rights to any of their songs. Therefore the film comes to an end just before The Smiths came into being See more

Finn S Oct 27, 2018 Amongst the very worst movies I have ever seen. Cardboard thin characters go absolutely nowhere in pointless circles for one and a half hours. Spent the whole movie waiting for something to happen and at the very moment it seemed about to...the end. See more

Abraham R Feb 19, 2018 An O.K movie. The movie is lacking live performances of the Smiths.

Harry R Feb 10, 2018 The Smith: definitely in my top 3 all time bands. Was pretty difficult to make a movie about Morrissey I wouldn't like, but apparently yes, it was possible! We discover that he was always an obnoxious snob and he didn't grow in the part when fame came along, and we can follow the evolution of his hair. That's about it. So as a biography you will not learn anything interesting, and as a work of art it bores you out of your mind. And yes Mr Director, I know what you meant to do with this film. It's just didn't work. See more

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