you look a 80s workersclass to turn on white trash but be patient the movie is slow slower than collin the aunt rocks the black dude was the best scene off the movie the movie looks unfinished halfdone with no real idea wtf are we doing here promote tons off cigars and bad acting everywhere the writer never get in depth of characters accept collin slow times so slow i slept two times in a movie i saw that piece of commercial break smokers and that all no depth no plot a girl from italia a skin wacko tracko packo i was expecting something more some times the tension was high and the the scenewriter throw the page out of scenario take a look at heley's house if had a rape scene or suicide from skin to turn the movie attencion i don't know if that movie was a hit at 80s but 2017 watching was so hard and waiting and waiting for a real scene who never came (

Along with Alan Clark and Ken Loach Mike Leigh was at the forefront of British social realist . Of these three directors I always found Clarke the most incisive of the trio and SCUM is still well regarded even by people who were born after the release of the cinema version in 1979 . Loach however became a parody of a professional socialist shouting on a soap box and his films became increasingly polemical masturbation fantasy involving the oppressed proles . Leigh is somewhat different from his two peers . While he doesn't stuff politics down the audiences throat he hasn't really made a film with the same impact as SCUM . That said I do remember seeing MEANTIME on Channel 4 in the 1980s , liking it and discussing with my peers . Over 30 years later it has an amazing cast of British actors before they well known Leigh has always had a reputation of spotting potential raw talent and of the cast Phil Daniels was by the far best known cast member of this production . Roth , Oldman , Molina and even Pam Ferris would have to be slightly patient before becoming well known thespians . Watching the talent here is no surprise that Oldman and Roth moved in to international stardom . Roth plays a retarded social outcast trying to find his way in life while Oldman plays a fascist National Front skinhead The downside is that MEANTIME is a very mundane , low concept film where very little happens . In fact the only incident of note is Oldman's fascist sharing a lift with a big black guy . That said it is a window on the world of Thatcher's Britain where a haircut might cost as much as £1.20 and the hourly rate of pay in a dead end job was £1.70 . Most nostalgic of all was the drug of choice being Carlsberg Special Brew . Apart from that MEANTIME isn't nearly as good as I remembered it as

Anyone who grew up in the early eighties in the suburbs listening to The Specials can relate to this. Leigh, as he has done with every decade provides an accurate social comment of the time, the sheer boredom of a disaffected youth, the pointlessness of life without a job and the struggle to fill the days, with something to do. Personally I think it ranks up there with Leigh finest work, helped by an outstanding performance by Tim Roth and wonderful cameos by Gary Oldman, Phil Daniels and Marion Bailey. If you're English born in the seventies and like Mike Leigh it's a must, if your not there still plenty to marvel at. Enjoy.

I wasn't expecting to enjoy the film but the amazing characters and acting pulls you in. I fell in love with Tim Roth. He was apsolutely adorable. Gary Oldman is also very stunning. I was stunned by his performance.