The Selfish Giant (2013)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Tiny Arbor Fenton (Conner Chapman) has a big bark. His best friend Swifty (Shaun Thomas) is big and quiet. Both boys are from dysfunctional families. At the railyards, they witness Mick steal cable and nick it for themselves. They sell it to the local scrap dealer Kitten (Sean Gilder). The boys get suspended from school after Swifty gets picked on and Arbor starts the fight. They scrounge for scraps and even steals. Kitten has horses that he races in illegal road races. Swifty is good with horses and Kitten wants him to race. Arbor is left out. Arbor keeps pushing to steal live high voltage cable. Events unfold leading to tragic results.The setting is glum. The boys are terrific. It's a dark story that can't be anything other than resulting in tragedy. This is a very good indie. I just didn't like the horse part of the movie. It feels unreal and out of place from the rest of the movie. The race feels fake. This is a movie that survives by its gritty realism. The horse racing aspect takes me out of the movie. The relationship between the boys is deep. It's a good little indie.

(79%) A brilliant, honest look into modern day British life for children living at the very bottom step of society. If Ken Loach is to retire (don't hold your breath) then Barnard is worthy to continue what he has perfected, as this is "Raining stones" through the eyes of children. The performances from the two main stars is uniquely wonderful, and they are real performances, not to be confused with simply playing themselves, as I don't buy that for a second. This comes highly recommended for anyone who craves some grim reality in their cinema, with plenty of bite, attention to detail, and a heart bursting, non-sugar coated tale to tell. A future British low-budget classic in waiting.

Two adolescent boys in working class England travel together with a horse and cart and gather up scrap metal to sell to a local dealer. The kids are extremely resourceful, and figure out ways to steal cable and set it on fire to melt the covering for the resulting copper. The guy who buys it all has no morals whatsoever and eventually it results in a very bad outcome which shocked the hell out of me. The only problem I had is the very Cockney English accents which I had trouble understanding. British audiences will get more out of this film than I did as an American. I could have used subtitles to get every line. Even with that caveat, I would recommend The Selfish Giant for the excellent cast and interesting story.

Arbor and his best friend Swifty, are excluded from school and are outsiders in their own neighborhood. The two boys meet Kitten, a local scrap dealer, and he amuses them by giving them worthless jobs. Wandering their town with just a horse and a cart, they begin collecting scrap metal for him. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten, as he's keen to impress him However, Kitten favours Swifty, leaving Arbor excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. As Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event that transforms them all......From the first few minutes of this being on, you feel instantly transported back to those kitchen sink dramas from the sixties, such as Saturday Night, and Sunday Morning, and The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner.Those films had an air of humour about them, but even though those movies were a pleasure to watch, they had an air of slight despair about them.Which pretty much sums up this movie. The relationship between the two boys is unprecedented, and strong throughout, but every now and again, you breathe a sigh of relief that your not living there life, or in the situation that they are in, and inevitably will be in for the rest of their lives.Its seems a bit snobby to say that, but the makers make the twos life seem so worthless until they meet Kitten, who is just as abhorrent with them as very one else who crosses their paths.The acting is top notch, and the narrative is crisp and fresh, even if it does seem a little too familiar.The ending is crushing and doesn't really leave the viewer with a pleasant feeling, but hey, this is British cinema, and we can take the rough with the smooth.