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SoulBoy
SoulBoy
Release Date
03 Sep 2010
03 Feb 2011
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- Currently 4/5 Stars.
Certificate:
15A
Genre:
The intriguing genesis, impassioned adherents and unique fashions and dance moves of the Northern Soul scene make it one of the most fascinating of British youth culture movements -- not to mention the music it celebrates, which is quite simply some of the greatest ever made. Shimmy Marcus' dynamic and satisfying coming-of-age film is set right at the pulsing heart of the craze, and features a great UK cast.
Cast:
Martin Compston
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Felicity Jones
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Alfie Allen
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Nichola Burley
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Craig Parkinson
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Brian McCardie
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Jo Hartley
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Pat Shortt
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Huey Morgan
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Bill Fellows
Writers:
Jeff Williams
Producers:
Directors:
Shimmy Marcus
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4/5 Stars.
Movies.ie Critic Review
On his way to becoming the new James McAvoy, Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, The Disappearance Of Alice Creed) is Stoke-On-Trent wideboy Joe, happy to jive to Mud's Tiger Feet in The Purple Onion when he's not delivering spuds with his Tom Jones-loving boss, Brendan (Shortt, doing the tender oaf shuffle once again). But then he spots hairdresser Jane (Burley), looking like she's just waltzed off a Roxy Music sleeve. And he follows her to The Wigan Casino, where kids from all around dip, dive and spin to vintage soul on 45.
Naturally, it takes some time for Joe to find his feet, and to realise that the true love of his life is the sweet girl helping him through his moves, Mandy (Jones, something of a pin-up for '70s-set coming-of-age tales, having played close to the same muse role in Flashbacks Of A Fool and Cemetery Junction).
THE VERDICT: Try to imagine Saturday Night Fever mixed with a little Billy Elliot, but set in the UK's Northern Soul boom of the 1970s in mighty Wigan, and you might just have Shimmy Marcus' sweet-natured, thumping little film. Having previously given us the Aidan Walsh documentary, Master Of The Universe, and the crime caperHeadrush, Marcus handles Jeff Williams' script with just the right mix of Bill Forsyth and Shane Meadows here, giving us something akin to North Is North. The soundtrack's pretty darn pumpin' too...
Review by Paul Byrne
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