
Manchester, 1976. Stephen Patrick Morrissey is unemployed and depressed. He eventually finds work but it doesn't interest him. His only interest appears to be writing down his observations on life and people in a journal. We see his life over the next six years and how this period would have a bearing on his later life for, in 1982, he was to form The Smiths, one of the most influential bands of the 80s.... (Full plot summary below)
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Manchester, 1976. Stephen Patrick Morrissey is unemployed and depressed. He eventually finds work but it doesn't interest him. His only interest appears to be writing down his observations on life and people in a journal. We see his life over the next six years and how this period would have a bearing on his later life for, in 1982, he was to form The Smiths, one of the most influential bands of the 80s.
Leave your thoughts about England Is Mine.
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Hilary A WhiteWry, tasteful, unforced and with a tangible sense of the era, this is a portrait of a mercurial rock icon's formative years that, fittingly, ploughs its own furrow. |
| RTÉ (Ireland)Alan CorrThe sense of time and place is very well handled and large parts of the film were shot around Morrissey and Gill's native Stretford. |
| Irish IndependentPaul WhitingtonI can't help feeling this well made, sensitive and funny drama has arrived a decade or two too late to interest a wide audience. |
| The AustralianDavid StrattonEngland is Mine, handsomely filmed for the wide screen, is an auspicious debut for Gill. Even those unfamiliar with Morrissey and his contribution to popular culture should be captivated. |
| Vanguardia (Mexico)Carlos Díaz ReyesIt's not very deep, much less a worthy tribute, but it's certainly an interesting exercise. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| TheWrapDave WhiteFor the millions of true believers out there, however...the film provides a blissfully melancholy roll call of pleasures. |
| The Film StageJose Solís MayénA muddled portrait of a young man unaware of the creativity within him. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Phil Nobile Jr.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. |
| Kaplan vs. KaplanJeanne KaplanLowden carries the film with his understated performance. |
| Splice TodayStephen SilverShows us Morrissey's early years, telling a coming-of-age story in a relatively generic way |