Simply Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2005)

I went to Edinburgh to see this film, and on the 24th of August I walked out of the cinema absolutely amazed. It was the same feeling I had after seeing The Cranberries "Zombie" video clip for the very first time (when I was 10 or so). I went together with a friend, and although she is not a football lover, nor a specific fan of either Elijah Wood or Charlie Hunnam, she was just as blown away by the film as I was. On the way home we were utterly quiet (an accomplishment for the both of us), and we were each caught up in our own thoughts about the film. I don't think the film glorifies hooligans, but it does explain it partly, making hooligans seem less 2-dimensional as they are now to a lot of people (including me before I saw this film). It shows you just enough to make you think. A lot. I woke up the next morning, and the first thing that played through my head was this film. Just as a good film is supposed to do. Excellent.