One Mile Away (2013)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10

Reviews Counted: 11

Fresh: 8

Rotten: 3

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Movie Info

Dylan and Shabba, members of rival Birmingham gangs, attempt to broker a peace agreement after being introduced by filmmaker Penny Woolcock, who had directed Dylan in the drama 1 Day.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Documentary, Special Interest
Directed By:

Penny Woolcock
Runtime:

90 minutes

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Cast

Dylan Duffus

Shabba, Zimbo

Tim Y.T. Chin

Zillah

Moises

Critic Reviews for One Mile Away

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (3)

Genuinely eye-opening.

March 26, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Top Critic

The picture covers familiar ground and tends to ramble somewhat repetitively.

April 1, 2013 | Full Review…

Philip French

Observer (UK)

For this documentary about gang rivalry, filmmaker Penny Woolcock returns to the setting of her 2009 rap musical 1 Day and finds a story that's even more powerful than the first time around.

March 29, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline

Contactmusic.com

An eye-opening process.

March 29, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

The doc's short on context, and too forgiving of its poster boys, but as a study of their commitment to bettering themselves and the community, it's inspiring.

March 28, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Henry Barnes

Guardian

Engaging, thoughtful, funny, fearless.

March 28, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Basia Cummings

Little White Lies

This is a vital and important film - just not to watch.

March 28, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Woolcock should have realised that somewhere amid all her shapeless "docu" there was a "drama" - this one, a human one - to be found and properly focused.

March 27, 2013 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

If One Mile Away can foster a sense of whole-city community within certain factions, a 7 Up style sequel would be a good thing for everyone to aim for.

March 27, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Graham Young

Birmingham Post

Woolcock's coy interview style is a typically mixed blessing: it gains gang-members' trust, but a more probing approach might have revealed more.

March 22, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Total Film

The strength of One Mile Away is that it gives the viewer a palpable sense of what it's like to be caught up in these 'postcode' wars ...

March 14, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tom Dawson

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