Brilliant film - '71

[DRD]

Just seen this. Was shown on terrestrial tv recently. Based in Belfast in 1971, about a soldier who gets left behind in a Catholic area.

Low budget, independent, upcoming Director and all that trendy stuff. But setting all that aside, it is a brilliant film

 

[BigIan]

I haven't watched it but my wife watched it around Christmas a few years ago in work between flights with her work mates, she was the only one who watched it to the end and she still said it was awful..

I'm sure the fact that it was filmed in England probably didn't help, apparently 2013 Sheffield looks like 1971 Belfast

I might give it a watch but i'm not expecting much from it...

A work colleague (ex army) thought it was decent though (not realistic but decent).

 

[DRD]

It is a niche film, low budget cast, with a whiff of anton corbijn (Control, The American). Will definitely not to be to everyone's tastes. Received lots of strong reviews from the broadsheets. But I doubt that a couple arriving at the multiplex with open minds and the need to find a compromise film would have chosen this when faced with the usual chick flicks, romcoms, marvel films, Disney animations etc

If you are interested in the unglamorous underbelly of the 70s, possibly with a hint of nostalgia for the grimy terraced houses/ eyesore housing developments/ social unrest/ Long Good Friday type films - it might float your boat

 

[justinhcb]

I've watched it and enjoyed it. Thought it was a pretty decent movie definitely think of worse ways to spend an hour and half !

 

[edward.emms]

Very good film and I think it summed up life in Ireland at that point in time