Forever Blowin Bubbles

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2006)

Green Street is a brilliant, absorbing film that takes you into the world of football hooliganism, and follows the actions of an East London football firm, the GSE (Green Street Elite). The club they live and breath are West Ham United, but this film comes down to more than football.
The film's hero character is Matt Buckner, played by Elijah Wood, he is wrongly expelled from Harvard and moves to London to stay with his sister, and pretty soon he joins the firm.
Elijah's performance as Matt in this film is excellent as he displays the changes that transform him from weak and scared into someone who lives for the fight, and will stay by his friends through anything, as that is what this film is most about, friendship.
Any football fan will love this film, and even people who are not so keen on football will find this enjoyable and will not fail to be affected by the struggles and courage of the firm.
With all that being said, this is a very violent, realistic film that doesn't hold back, making it truly memorable, and is the best football themed film made yet.