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If Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss-out, Karl Francis' Boy Solder is a bleed-out. For sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it. (The Guardian)
“A superb performance by Richard Lynch and a passionate dissection by Francis of what can still be called British class war, make this a powerful and affecting drama. Rough and ready, perhaps - but strong enough to take you by the throat and refuse to let go. (Cosmopolitan)
Francis has deployed a tiny budget to make a visually impressive and powerful film, successfully sustaining a complex flashback structure which tracks the memories and reflections of the main character. It is a good, angry, deeply-felt film to launch a national cinema. (The Times)
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