Northern Soul
The movie is about two guys named Matt and John. They aren’t satisfied with their lives anymore so they leave their lives and their jobs behind to chase a dream of travelling to the US. The journey forces them to face with rivalry, violence and drug and other difficulty.
3 November 1986, London, England, UK
1973, Bury, Lancashire, England, UK
25 June 1986, Lambeth, London, England, UK
October 21, 2015
Every last detail feels authentic, from the slightly unfashionable clothes to the cramped rooms in which John and his friends sort through records and piles of pills.
October 23, 2015
Rich in period detail, it's as transportative to the shuffling spins, fashion subculture and euphoric, amphetamine-fuelled all-nighters of 1974 Lancashire and the cult-following DJs of the Wigan Casino as a documentary, turned up to 11.
October 01, 2015
Funny and feisty, gritty and sometimes grim, this first feature from the photographer Elaine Constantine delivers a sweaty snapshot of a very specific time and place.
September 18, 2015
"Northern Soul" feels driven by youthful energy.
October 22, 2015
Disaffected youth and music go together like - well, there's actually no better simile. So how else to describe British director Elaine Constantine's first film? For one thing, it's got a well-defined sense of place and time.
October 23, 2015
The movie is carried by the two hard-dancing leads, whose sweat-soaked strutting demands attention.
October 07, 2015
The film has a ferocious, shaggy energy that mirrors that of the testosterone-, amphetamine- and adrenaline-pumped boys.
October 21, 2015
The cast is mostly made of newcomers, and they are very good indeed.
October 02, 2015
The first feature from writer-director Elaine Constantine, herself a Northern soul veteran, the film follows a fairly familiar innocent-led-astray storyline.
April 03, 2015
Brilliantly captures the amphetamine-fuelled energy and sweat-soaked fervour of 1970s northern England's soul music scene.
October 02, 2015
Where this movie comes up short is in bringing any kind of real life to its bildungsroman side.
