The first film review was written by Matthew Turner from View London. http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/kidulthood-film-review-14776.html.
In this review the reviewer focused on the good and bad aspects of the film he uses formal type of language to connect with his audience. Turner told his audience what was good about the film which he said was the actors Aml Ameen and Red Madrell, also the good camerawork by Brian Tufano. The reviewer mainly focused on the actors in the film because when he told his audience what bad points about the film was he commented about Noel Clarke performance. Stating his role starring in his own film his 'well-known face, he detracts from the documentary feel of the film'. Turner does give the a good verdict for the film telling his audience that the film is worth seeing.
The second film review was written by Dave Calhoun from Time Out London. http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/83377/kidulthood.html.
This review is different from View London and starts of straight away with unique selling point 'Noel Clarke' and also his acting past. The use of language in this review was informal trying to approach the target market of the film which is 16 - 24. Calhoun focuses on the plot more in this review and what kind of issues is portrayed in this film like suicide, drugs, unwanted pregnancy, knives, guns etc. The reviewer tends to focus on the plot, the music used and the languague used in the film. Commenting that the music used if ftom the streets and artist like Shystie, Dizzee Rascal and other artist feature on the soundtrack. The reviewer didn't mention anything about camera or editing techniques used in the film.
The thrid film review was written by Nick de Semlyen from Empire. http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=133162
The use of language in this review was formal type of language. The reviewer in this review focused on the plot of the movie and what the film was trying to potray and the message they was trying to get across to young people. Semlyen compares the film to other films like 'City of God' and 'La Haine'. However Semlyen did mention the actress 'Jaime Winstone' and her father 'Ray Winstone' letting the audience know only her performance in the film was the most entertaining aspect of the film. The unique selling point which is the actors in the film wasn't mentioned in the text. I believe Semlyen didn't focus on the actors because he didn't believe the plot was realistic. The reviewer starts of explaining the plot on goes on to his review on the film and then his verdict. In addition he didn't metion about editing techniques used in the film only that shooting style was unrealistic.
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