47 out of 51 people found the following review helpful:

Gritty Gang Culture

Catherine Lucas from Canterbury in Kent, England, 19th July, 2006

Excellently gritty, dark and depressing yet with bursts of unexpected comedy, the story of the Green Street Elite is one excelled by an outstanding and refreshing performance by Elijah Wood, whose naivety and gradual regression into thuggery are not only authentic in their delivery, but will also serve to shake of any worries of typecasting after more cuddly hobbit based roles. The supporting cast is also superb, though the new head of the firm could do with some more cockney-london-accent lessons... this film gets four stars for being witty, gritty, and downright enjoyable to watch.

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39 out of 52 people found the following review helpful:

Utter American dross

Dirtydee from from Hove, 3rd February, 2006

I never write reviews but felt I had to with this. How anyone can say this is good must be 12 years old and only watched about 10 films! The acting is appalling and the accent of the lead character and others rate as the worst East End accents I have ever heard. This is a Hollywood portrayal of football violence in the UK with all the cockney rhyming slang, red telephone box’s and London land marks thrown in. It doesn't come close to the gritty truth of how it really is, not only through the script but also with the dreadful choice of actors. You have obviously led an extremely sheltered life if you think this is a great representation of the football firms. If you want to watch a comedy on football violence then you might enjoy this.

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23 out of 33 people found the following review helpful:

Gripping and violent action

Graham from UK, 6th May, 2007

Quite a different role for the ring bearer Elijah Wood, I would suspect that Elijah has struggled to remove the famous Hobbit Lord of the Rings connection but in this movie he certainly has picked a very different and challenging role. Green Streets is a movie about football violence and follows the gangs or ‘firms’ that exist for each football club in England. Elijah plays a dishonoured Harvard student who travels to live with his sister in London; he quickly befriends shaven head brother in law Pete and is drawn into a dangerous and challenging world of violence, stopping at nothing to earn the respect of the Green Street Elite. Whilst Elijah Wood makes a good quality attempt Green Streets still feels a touch unlikely and although entertained throughout it was not as powerful as a film of this genre can be. Overall the movie remains entertaining throughout in what is a gritty and reasonably executed look into football hooliganism and is certainly worth a watch. Do not expect a perfectly converted real life Oscar winner but if you’re up for some gripping and violent action then give this a try. 7/10 and 4 Stars.

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21 out of 25 people found the following review helpful:

Streets ahead...

kalel from , 9th March, 2006

For violence and grit this beats Football Factory hands down.
The plot is good and it has the making of a good story. The end is a bit predictable, but still believable.

The casting for the film however is diabolical! Elijah Wood and violence do not sit well together. The banter is second class compared to the Football Factory. The leader of the 'GSE' is laughable, I couldn't figure out what accent he was trying to do.

Overall I would recommend this film, especially if you enjoy copious amounts of violence and bad language. It's in the top three with Football Factory and ID. But with better casting could have been number one.

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Worth Watching

A Customer from South, 13th March, 2010

Well I thought this film was well worth watching. It gripped me from start to finish, although there was a lot of violence and blood it wasn't too much that it should put you off, it was right for the film. You're in denial if you think this doesn't go on, hopefully not to this extreme, but football rivalry does exist and it exists near you...!

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What a load of pony and trap!

DriftingCloud from , 13th November, 2009

aka 'Notting Hill' with blood... I'm sure this will reinforce with 32mm cut-and-bent our US cousins' preconceptions of Ye Quaint London Towne, but other than that I've no idea what this film's intention is. It sort of tries to justify footy hooliganism in terms of its innate laddish camaraderie, but I'd guess the director would say it's supposed to condemn that particular kind of Saturday tea-time activity. The violence is pure Hollywood; no lumbering meatheads bouncing on the spot deciding if they want to run or get pasted, or playground style head-down arm flailing like we've seen after the match or on CCTV footage of real scuffles. The plot is similarly plastic. Overall it's fails to be revelatory, cynical, realistic or tongue-in-cheek, so consequently I extracted nothing from it. Other than, perhaps, a peculiar mix of mirth and annoyance at the leading naughty boy's Cockno-American accent. Searching for a plus side, I suppose it's just-about-watchable enough if you have jet-lag, like we did, and can't be bothered getting off the couch. And secondly, it must be nice for Frodo Baggins (is that his real name?) to appear in a film where he's not the most irritating person.

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Green Street (2005)

A Customer from London, England, 25th October, 2009

This film is what you expected, lots of swearing, lots of fights, lots of blood. That's it.

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I really expected to hate this - but

tcw5 from , 28th July, 2009

It is a surprisingly OK - and probably actually good film. The story (although predictable) works well and while I agree with its critics that it is a very Hollywood view on British football violence, and Elijah was perhaps not the greatest choice of lead - in totality I ended this film having enjoyed it from start to finish. If you don't mind violence / bad language and can take into account that this is a Hollywood film and views British 'soccer' fans from an outdated perspective it is definitely worth a look. If you don't / can't then leave well alone - as you will almost certainly hate it.

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