Rather shit despite the great imdb rating and raving(loony)reviews...
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someone mentioned in one of the reviews that it showed the harsher side of life,these people live on planet zog....honest to god , finding a 15 year old virgin on an estate like that is like believing in fucking santa, at 15 the little slappers are already on their second sprog while being addicted to crack/heroine....towards the end of the movie the kidnapping was the plot of a crackhead at work, you could tell by the acting that they plucked her of the street(the main actress that is...)
T'was on TV the other night. I actually own the DVD, but this was only the second time I watched it. I like it a lot. But it depresses the hell out of me.
For the fourth time. I didn't really appreciate this movie when I first saw it. I changed my mind gradually after subsequent viewings, and now I really truly can say I absolutely love it. Purely enjoyable, it shows a powerful , sensual world of infinite possibilities... by the time Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No, I Regret Nothing) started playing towards the end during the riots, I had been lulled into a quiet and inwardly provocative dreamlike state.
Trivia: Leonardo di Caprio was offered the role of Matthew (played by Michael Pitt)...they KIND OF remind me of each other in some ways, I'm glad it was Michael who played him though.
only watched this because it was about to be removed from netflix instant heh. BUT it turned out to be a good movie. moscow to memphis. the music was good too, everything from soul to club to bluegrass 3/5