Anthony

Moving and powerful. A must-see. An imagined life. Imagined because Antony Walker was not allowed to live this life. Brilliantly structured, scripted, directed and acted.

I know this is based on a real life event. But the story of Anthony's would be life is through rose tinted glasses. The acting is ok but the story is slow. If it wasn't for the fact that the murder of this poor boy actually happened the drama was like a bad episode of some medical drama like casualty / holby

A great British multicultural film, depicting Manchester as it really is, (or should be / have been). Fine acting from the ensemble. All life is here: alcoholism, mixed marriages, marital problems, giving birth ( on a train..), the Queen's favourite quiz show, a slushy proposal, total integration.. until you take stock of the optimistic dreaming of Jimmy McGovern, whose brief is to tell us how it could possibly be, if this nation were not still polarised. Sadly, the premise of the film is what could be, or rather, what could have been. United we stand, divided we still fall

When I first read the synopsis of this film, and that it was based on a true story, I really wasn't interested. What was the point of showing someone's life if they had not been murdered? However, I watched the trailer and I found the main character to be an extremely charismatic actor, who draws you straight into the story and his wonderful family. And the whole "What life he may of had" worked brilliantly by giving you insight into the kind of person he was, and how much he was loved by others, and that he would try his best to make people happy. Now I'm not an idiot, I know this was painted through rose tainted spectacles, and his life could have been the complete opposite, we will never know, but I didn't care in the end. He, and His family were portrayed beautifully and I think it was a beautiful memorial for his Mother and family. I'm sure many tears were shed, including mine.

Such a sad story and one I hadn't remembered until seeing this superbly written drama. The pain this family endured was unimaginable and not one that any family should have to ever go through.