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Somers Town (2009)

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Reviews Counted:46

Fresh:44

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.3/10

Consensus: Shane Meadows hits the spot with this short but sweet slice of good natured comedy, surprisingly, as it’s essentially an extended black & white advert for a train station.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 15, 2009 Limited

Synopsis: Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello), a Polish... Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello), a Polish immigrant, lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link. When Marke agrees to let homeless Tomo move into his room, unbeknownst to his father, the pair forms a strong bond, as they work odd jobs for an eccentric neighbor and compete for the attention of Maria, a beautiful young French waitress whom they are both infatuated with. But it's only a matter of time before Marek's dad discovers what's going on... --© Film Movement [More]

Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson

Starring: Thomas Turgoose, Piotr Jagiello, Ireneusz Czop, Perry Benson, Elisa Lasowski

Director: Shane Meadows

Director: Shane Meadows
Screenwriter: Paul Fraser
Producer: Barnaby Spurrier
Composer: Gavin Clark
Studio: Film Movement

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Dec 8, 2009

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...Meadows' method of working with improvised scenes shot in long takes gives it a sense of emotional truth which is lacking in many more ambitious films.

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment Comment
10/09/09
Sarah Boslaugh
Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl

Nothing much happens, but its workaday plot lines are universally relatable -- the key to keeping this slight film engaging.

Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | comment Comment
09/25/09
Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

Turgoose continues to convince as a kid whose personality wavers daily if not hourly, while Jagiello playfully suggests that Marek is becoming the perfect straight man.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
09/17/09
John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

Somers Town is gentle, funny, blue-collar humanism, much like the early films of Ken Loach.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
09/03/09
Gerald Peary
Gerald Peary
Boston Phoenix

Meadows gives his film so much forward thrust it feels like a road movie as it follows the ramblings of his two young leads.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
08/30/09
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Somers Town is a small-scale jewel that will surprise you with its buoyant look at blighted lives.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/28/09
Walter V. Addiego
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
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Shot in the same beautifully desolate black-and-white as Meadows' boxing film TwentyFourSeven, Somers Town takes on the feel of dreamlike instant nostalgia.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
08/14/09
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

As in all of Meadows's films, Somers Town emphasizes the importance of character and particularly of camaraderie amongst male characters--here, teenagers who nick clothes from the local laundry, get drunk in the park, and furtively investigate masculinity

Full Review Source: Reverse Shot | comment Comment
08/08/09
Leo Goldsmith
Leo Goldsmith
Reverse Shot

Somers Town is a funny and endearing character comedy whose extra-brief, 70-minute running time proves perfectly adequate for its slender, episodic story.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/07/09
Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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Sweet...at times reminiscent of "Y Tu Mama Tambien."

Full Review Source: Movie Dearest | comment Comment
08/06/09
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Fr. Chris Carpenter
Movie Dearest

However thin, the story of these rootless youths, estranged from mothers and native cities, has a certain universality and appeal.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
07/30/09
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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What Somers Town lacks in story arc, it makes up for in charm, as Meadows and company create an endearing and thoroughly enjoyable portrait of a young British bromance.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
07/21/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

A small but important film about small but important lives, the latest drama from Shane Meadows further confirms that more people should know about this gifted director.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
07/17/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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It may seem slight but Meadows is a master of the art of revealing human foibles and weaknesses, which means the film lingers long after its extremely modest running time. A wee gem.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/17/09
Richard Mowe
Richard Mowe
Boxoffice Magazine

It is proof that there are all sorts of teenage lives going on in Britain, and sometimes, their most magical moments take place on dead-end streets.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
07/16/09
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Like its star, the movie is too short and a little thin but just about perfect.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
07/16/09
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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The quiet loveliness of the movie comes in its poise, pitched exactly at the moment when self-protective toughness yields to a tentative camaraderie. Rarely do directors understand their preoccupations so completely.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
07/15/09
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

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

Full Review Source: New York Press | comment 3 Comments
07/15/09
Armond White
Armond White
New York Press

Meadows has made a lovely film about the ability of the imagination to offset the harshness of reality.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/15/09
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Village Voice
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This modest but amicable tale has more depth and more spirit than many films twice its length.

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
07/14/09
Kent Turner
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com
 
 
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