''Boston Kickout'' is a

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British

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written and directed by Paul Hills. It won the Euskal Media Prize at the

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, Best Actor ( John Simm) at the Cinema Jove International Film Festival in Valencia and Best Film at the Bermuda International Film Festival.

Plot

Schoolleaver Phil (Simm) – who moved with his father from an inner-city slum to what he was told would be a brighter future in Stevenage – finds himself caught up in a world of unemployment, violence, alcoholism and drug abuse in Nineties Britain.

Cast

* John Simm as Phil * Andrew Lincoln as Ted * Marc Warren as Robert * Emer McCourt as Shona * Derek Martin * Richard Hanson as Steven * Nathan Valente as Matt * Jamie Beckett as Dopey

Reception

There were not enough critic reviews reported on the website

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for the

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to receive a rating."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, id=boston_kickout

British drama films 1990s English-language films