Harry Brown

[RioBravo]

I hated pretty much everything about this film apart from the acting of Michael Caine. It is completely abysmal. All of the acting other than Caine is crap, especially Emily Mortimer and Iain Glen. The heavy handed attempts at style are crap and would make a rubbish Guy Ritchie film look like a Sergio Leone masterpiece in comparison. Prime example being early POV scene on motorbike. The Pete Tong music is crap. The heavy handed politics are atrocious.

Please try to watch a proper film, and avoid financing this garbage. I just don't know what is happening with everyone praising this poster child for the Daily Mail worldview.

Don't people ever go to see good films? Did nobody see Let The Right One In, Drag Me To Hell, Fish Tank, In The Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Synecdoche New York, Anvil: The Story Of Anvil, Zombieland, The Hurt Locker, Adventureland, Moon, Up, Encounters At The End Of The World, The Wrestler this year?

[EthanRunt]

Besides Encounters I've seen all of those, Right One was a disappointingly dull film, Synecdoche was depressing second time round, Adventureland was appalling, the rest were great, but Harry Brown did have some solid aspects, just, not enough.

[ejwrank]

RioBravo, you are more than entitled to your opinions but think you should afford the rest of us the same privilege. I'm all for you telling us your critical opinion of a film but don't tell me what is a 'good' film and what isn't. We can all make up our own minds on that.

[blip]

RioBravo, you are more than entitled to your opinions but think you should afford the rest of us the same privilege. I'm all for you telling us your critical opinion of a film but don't tell me what is a 'good' film and what isn't. We can all make up our own minds on that.

and i'll second that.

[tibba]

I loved this film. A gritty, violent portrayal of an increasingly tiresome subsection of society that you wouldn't mind if somebody did shoot.

[joeyong]

I watched this on Monday and was really traumatised. Call me a coward but I spent most of the film hiding under my coat. Apart from all the violence and gore, it had a really good message behind it.

[The Sparrow]

I hated pretty much everything about this film apart from the acting of Michael Caine. It is completely abysmal. All of the acting other than Caine is crap, especially Emily Mortimer and Iain Glen. The heavy handed attempts at style are crap and would make a rubbish Guy Ritchie film look like a Sergio Leone masterpiece in comparison. Prime example being early POV scene on motorbike. The Pete Tong music is crap. The heavy handed politics are atrocious.

Please try to watch a proper film, and avoid financing this garbage. I just don't know what is happening with everyone praising this poster child for the Daily Mail worldview.

Don't people ever go to see good films? Did nobody see Let The Right One In, Drag Me To Hell, Fish Tank, In The Loop, Inglourious Basterds, Synecdoche New York, Anvil: The Story Of Anvil, Zombieland, The Hurt Locker, Adventureland, Moon, Up, Encounters At The End Of The World, The Wrestler this year?

I saw all but two of the films you mention in your last paragragh and enjoyed them. But I don't think this gives me or you the right to denigrate any one elses opinion. Personally, I loved Harry Brown and wish that people would wake up and realise that the kind of behaviour HB reacted against goes on in real life a lot more than is publicised and not always in inner city estates. Lack of respect is the start of bad behaviour. Let's hope that your lack or respect doesn't go further than some ill chosen words ;-)

[AYBG]

Lack of respect is the start of bad behaviour. Let's hope that your lack or respect doesn't go further than some ill chosen words ;-)

And let's hope yours doesn't go further than deceit and trying to start arguments.

[philly840]

So........back to Harry Brown. Excellent film.

[clare5092]

I thought this film was ok! I liked the portrayal of the estate (though i was shocked to think that areas can actually be as bad as that - scary!) I love the Irish actor that played the barman/uncle (don't know his name but enjoy him in everything he is in). When he first came into it I though 'oh it's not his usual role (quiet, unassumimg etc)! Ha!

I enjoyed the scene in the drug den - that scene couldn't have ended happier for me - that guy with the scars and stuff was soooo gross.

I am not giving it rave reviews purely becuase I found it a little TOO bleak & doom and gloom and overall a bit depressing (e.g no-one but Micheal Caine attending his friends funeral). I know it was supposed to be like that but I didn't enjoy feeling like that. And I also found Micheal Caines charachter & mission a little far fetched! But I thought it was ok! 6/10