Somers Town

Aug 26, 2008 by John    4 Comments    Posted under: movies

Got home last night with no keys, and her indoors wasn’t indoors. So that’s me off on a me-date, woohoo! Straight down to the cinema for something that ‘looks good and starts soon’. Shane Meadow’s latest, Somers town is just about to start, score!

Movie over. Ring Ring. Missus still out. Oh no, I’ll have to continue the me-date. Straight in to one of those little Chinese places on Parnel street for Pork and Chinese beer. Poor me. Ring Ring. She’s back. Doh! So I don’t get to end the me-date with a pint and a Crossaire.

Somers town is nice enough. It’s about a teenage runaway down from the midlands who befriends a lonely Polish boy. And they both want to get into the knickers of a gorgeous French waitress. It’s low-key, low-budget, low-script. It’s exactly how you would expect it to be. Doesn’t pull the same punches as This is England or Dead Man’s Shoes. But it’s not trying to. It’s a lot quieter and quite funny in places.

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  roy August 26, 2008 at 3:41 pm

  Me date! sounds horrendous

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  Xbox4NappyRash August 26, 2008 at 6:44 pm

  Sounds right up my street, one to watch out for.

  (I’d give anything for a me date…)

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  John Braine August 27, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  Really Roy? D’you just mean my dodgey phrase rather than the idea?

  I love getting a bit of time to myself for the cinema or whatever. Rare occasion these days.

  xbox. Yeah my kinda movie too. Might be better suited to waiting for the DVD though. Not sure why exactly…

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  A.M. September 4, 2008 at 11:50 pm

  i havent seen it yet – i have been busy going to festivals…would like to see it on the big screen but perhaps it maybe more enjoyable on DVD.

  I often go to the cinema on my own – nothing wrong with a me-date ;)

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