Awesome, powerful, moving stuff. Great acting from all members of the cast, there are no underachievers here. After watching all of Meadow's movies in recent times I can easily say this one really is the grandest. Its great to see how directors develop with experience, and, in the case of Meadow's, a bigger budget. He perfectly encapsulates the look and feel of eighties Britain. I loved the grain and grit of his early movies - most notably 24/7 - but the final polished movie here with slicker and smoother visual and sound editing is unparalelled in his earlier work. The haunting final sequence, both symbolic in its message and vision well deserves its comparison to Truffaut's 400 Blows (1959)
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