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England Is Mine

Released Aug 25, 2017 1h 39m Biography History Drama Music TRAILER for List
53% Tomatometer 64 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Talented teenage singer Steven Patrick Morrissey forms a band in Manchester, England, in the 1970s. Inspired by his mother and a young painter, Morrissey continues to pursue his dream of rock 'n' roll stardom.
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England Is Mine's smartly assembled cast and strong sense of place are often enough to compensate for this unauthorized biopic's distance from its subject.

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Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald It is disarmingly modest in concept and self-mocking in tone, and so has not inflamed reviewers in quite the way Morrissey's own effort has. However, the fact it's unauthorised means that we don't get to hear his music. Rated: 3/5 Mar 14, 2018 Full Review David Stratton The Australian England is Mine, handsomely filmed for the wide screen, is an auspicious debut for Gill. Even those unfamiliar with Morrissey and his contribution to popular culture should be captivated. Rated: 4/5 Mar 9, 2018 Full Review David Ehrlich indieWire A handsome little biopic that's sopping wet with the same clichs that its whiny hero so adamantly disavows... Rated: C Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos In reality that turns out to mean a movie about not much happening while someone who looks sort of like Morrissey mopes and throws out occasional half-versions of Smiths lyrics... Mar 21, 2022 Full Review Louise Burrell One Room With A View An unauthorised yet very affectionate biopic. Rated: 3/5 Feb 28, 2019 Full Review Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) Mancunian director Mark Gill, here making his debut, gets the vibe of the times just right, even if he is prone to over-using the good visual ideas he has, with Lowden supplying a witty, dry as dust turn as the ego on legs. Rated: 3/5 Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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jeanieforever Barely any research done and zero music clearance. So little effort for what should have gotten way more attention to create. Instead it feels like he made something for the sake of cashing in on fans who would be compelled to watch. Don't bother unless. . . you must. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review charming m Come for the shots of water flowing vigorously and stay for the other visual metaphors of Morrissey's wonderful lyrics in The Smiths (a few claim Director Mark Gill even the biggest fans will miss). Superlative performances from both protagonist Lowden and best friend Linder played by Jessica Brown Findlay as well as the supporting cast to the singer's humdrum Mancunian life. The era is faithfully and lovingly recreated even if the spectator is left in no doubt the past was largely squalid and escape for the principal characters largely comprehensible. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Occasionally inspiring; often leaden effort getting Morrissey off the ground; Findlay is a chameleon Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting, but unauthorised biopic of Morrissey's formative early life. Accurately depicting the self-imposed stagnation of mental illness, but maybe a bit too attached to the artistic visual display of it. It doesn't feature any of Morrissey or The Smiths' music, but beats you over the head with foreshadowing and influences of the period. Jack Lowden is perfectly bone dry in his depiction. I think this might not have a higher score because of Morrissey's divisive nature, but I enjoyed it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member 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? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Talented teenage singer Steven Patrick Morrissey forms a band in Manchester, England, in the 1970s. Inspired by his mother and a young painter, Morrissey continues to pursue his dream of rock 'n' roll stardom.
Director
Mark Gill
Producer
Baldwin Li, Orian Williams
Screenwriter
Mark Gill, William Thacker
Distributor
Cleopatra Entertainment
Genre
Biography, History, Drama, Music
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 25, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 19, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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