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England Is Mine
A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
25 January 1991, Birmingham, England, UK
2 June 1990, Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
24 February 1994, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK
14 September 1989, Cookham, Berkshire, England, UK
28 January 1972, Dublin, Ireland
September 14, 2017
Someone already versed in Morrissey could sit there and check off the influences, but someone who goes in knowing nothing about the man will see only the surface, the occasional photo or song snippet.
September 05, 2017
Given the man himself is so interesting, it's frustrating that his portrayal is so bland.
August 25, 2017
For the majority, Lowden feels restrained by a director who has a very specific, flat vision of a musical legend.
August 31, 2017
Sensitive and unironic, Jack Lowden shines in ENGLAND IS MINE with his depiction of the boy who would become Moz. While unable to access to the music so important to its subject's story, the film admirably finds the heart of our star.
August 24, 2017
There is ... a great deal of moping.
August 26, 2017
England is Mine is watchable but not special and those with the strongest interest in the story may be unhappy about what's missing.
August 23, 2017
[A] muted, sometimes arresting drama ...
August 24, 2017
For the millions of true believers out there - the ones who loved him in 1985 and who would prefer to live in the past rather than listen to the 2017 version of their former hero - the film provides a blissfully melancholy roll call of pleasures.
September 08, 2017
As it capably chronicles Morrissey's artistic process and the influential cultural backdrop, the film shortchanges everyone on the music. The result feels out of tune.
August 28, 2017
The film succeeds in portraying a faithful representation, interior and exterior, of working class life in '80s Manchester.
September 05, 2017
A handsome little biopic that's sopping wet with the same clichés that its whiny hero so adamantly disavows...
September 01, 2017
You're left with a lovingly rendered portrait of a cipher, a protagonist who never lets you in and therefore one in whom you can't invest too much emotion.
