Went to see this last night and i was toatally shocked! Having read the script 5 years ago, i alkready knew it would be slack, BUT, thought i would give it a chance as some people on here are giving it good reports. MISTAKE!
Jesus christ, this film is just f---king diabolically crap. What shocked me more, is that so called soul lovers and Wigan lovers , could like this rubbish!
I went with 5 actors (good ones) to see it and without even going into the crap costumes, the same extras waliking through scenes cos they couldnt afford enough, the main guys trouisers being too long, the f---king appalling dancing, the fat extras dancing in the background etc, it was just the worst ACTING we had seen in a long , long time! It was so bad it was offensive.
The two bad guys with stupidly deep voices,, the crap dancer bad guy with the pot belly and pills in every pocket, so that when he falls over they all fall on the floor! The 30 year old Danielle Henry cast as a teenager! The f---king ridiculous dance off at the end thats decided on the worst spins you have ever seen! Im still in shock from the film, but more from the people on here who can possibly like this stupid rubbish. Forget the Northern angle, its just one of the worst acted, written and directed films i have seen..REALLY!
THe 3 guys on hidden trampettes who jump up in the dance scene, touching there toes like a scene from FAME.! The badly cut original footage (thats orange for some reason) that we have seen a million times before, that switches from busy Wigan to empty hall. The 'line dancing 'scene:ohmy: ! f--king hell!
The scene where the girl OD's that just a rip from the 80's tv play and bloody ridiculous to boot! Did this film have no advisors on it? If it did, they were crap!
The BREAK DANCER doing turtles on his back! Alfie Allen doing an impression of Martin Clunes! The record shop guy doing a crap 'Shameless' caricature. In fact thats why the acting is so awful, its all 1 and 2 dimensional caricatures and i cant believe that a director could cast so badly and direct even worse.
This film just has NO DRAMA, its UNSEXY, and just plain BORING!
I see why it has no release now. Its like a bad student film. Dont even bother with it when it comes out on DVD very soon, its annoyingly bad!