The Estate (2011) User Reviews (9)

A film for a very very late night when you have nothing better to do.

[ICanNeverThinkOfAGoodUsername · 3/10 · 28 July 2012]

I would recommend this film. But there are a lot of films I would recommend before watching this film that's for sure. It's not the worst film depending on your taste. But it's not the best film either. If you like hardcore violence and hardcore swearing then you may like this film. I watched this film in the early hours of the morning, had I of watched this film in the afternoon I probably wouldn't have liked it as much. When it's the early hours of the morning and you have literally nothing better to do, hardcore swearing and hardcore violence doesn't seem too bad. At least that's how it is for me.

The film has way too many characters I didn't even know who all them were until the end. There seems to be too much going on which can get very confusing. Every sentence has a swear word so if you don't like swearing I don't think it's for you. Whenever something goes on, there is violence, for some reason though the camera seems to zoom into this violence. Which really put me off the film.

If you want to watch something don't watch this film. It doesn't have a good plot. If you're bored and want to watch something not to serious, watch this film.

Terrible, Terrible, Terrible

[Dano_Scores · 1/10 · 16 August 2011]

Whilst I appreciate independent film makers stepping up and making feature length feels, I really think that the £100,000 spent on this film could have been far more usefully utilised on buying stocks in Woolworths.

The plot starts off badly and goes downhill very soon. The characters are completely unbelievable, you cannot sympathise with any of them or in fact care what happens to them. The acting is some of the worst I have ever seen, with actors looking like they almost have to be nudged by the director to give them their lines. I really struggled to work out how the actor who played the policeman "Stephen Drew" got the role as he was one of the worst until I saw in the credits that he wrote and directed it...

There are so many pointless substories which don't add to character complexity, but rather just ask as meaningless filler. The drug story I also found quite hysterical. A girl having her first line of coke, then next scene is whoring herself out and then she's dead. I think the writer might be mixing up their drugs really as this type of quick downfall would normally be associated with heroin.

The script writing finally was absolutely horrific and unbelievable. Violent films of this nature are some of the easiest to impress with a low budget, but when there is so much vulgar repetition of meaningless "council language" everything just lost it's effect.

In response this film was so bad I signed up to IMDb just to leave this as I normally cannot be bothered. I truly hope this film doesn't wreck the careers of any potential actors involved.

Worst British Film For Years.

[mrbblee · 1/10 · 15 August 2011]

I really thought that British cinema had reached an all time low when Danny Dyer started pumping out around 300 movies a year... that was until I saw this waste of film.

With virtually no plot, terrible acting and even worse camera work this is a movie that would make even Uwe Boll cringe. Featuring cameos from various true life "gangsters" the story is supposed to focus on Ronnie, a youth who descends in to the seedy world of violence and drugs. However it soon dismisses this plot for a seemingly never-ending stream of swear words (that are supposed to add to the "grittiness" of this movie....Honestly, I've had grittier water) and chest thrusting between rival Hoodie gangs. The phrase "yeah come on then, you want some?" was uttered so many times I honestly felt that was the only thing the script writer actually wrote and, my friends, that sums up this movie in a nutshell. It's an hour and a half of not much at all. In fact, on closer inspection it seems like it's trying to come across as a poor man's "This Is England" only set in modern times.

If you have an hour and a half to spare I suggest you find something else to do because after watching this you'll be tempted to contact the makers and demand those 90 minutes back.

bad English film

[daniel-simm · 1/10 · 4 August 2011]

the film was terrible the story was all over the place and it was really low budgeted i mean i like how British films are low budgeted i think it shows more realism. but this was too low budgeted, i dunno i was expecting more of a football factory, dead man shoes kind of filming to it but it wasn't it was more get a group of people together to make a film with a digital camera lol. Now ill talk about the story line its basically on an estate in London where there's a lot of gangs and crimes going on and basically goes from on story line to the next for example there's a girl who ends up taking drugs and becoming a prostitute, there's a guy who beats on a lads mum,there's corrupt coppers that kinda thing but i just thought it was all over the place. so finally i don't rate this film at all I've seen a lot of good British films and this ain't one of em.

Swearing, Violence, Swearing, Violence. That's all I could see & hear... aargh!

[matthewwalker50 · 1/10 · 11 July 2012]

The film has more bad language than anything I have ever, EVER seen in my life. My brain was frazzled and my ears were ringing after the amount of F-Bombs dropped in only 89 minutes. (381 to be exact! With many other foul, vulgar expletives, including racist remarks) I've never watched a film were not 1 long, intelligent word was uttered. All the youngsters must have extremely limited vocabularies. Hard to believe that living and growing up in England all my life, that ALL young people cuss, swear, & curse EVERY SINGLE DAY like It's absolutely NOTHING. I heard if you swear in the USA that you can get in pretty deep trouble. I did walk into a shopping mall in Huddersfield and there was a censored sticker literally reading: "No effing & jeffing" Maybe they should be more strict & robust about bad language in this country. There is 1 plus I can take from this film. It's the most realistic British film I've ever seen barring "This Is England" & Gary Oldman's 1997 Movie/Film drama called "Nil By Mouth" There's no plot or story to this film @ all. The camera men were also seriously amateurs. Worst camera work ever. One last thing, give me some earplugs please.

No, no, no I surrender.

[mgould23 · 23 September 2011]

I would only watch the whole movie if I was paid a grand to undergo the pain. I can only review the first ten minutes...that's how long I lasted under extreme torture. Ten of the longest minutes of my life.

Please do not bother to waste your time or money on something so bad it should never have been made. Even if you are given it free with a payment for watching it, it will be the hardest work you will ever undertake. It makes Danny Dyer look like a thespian, it makes grandad's super 8 home movies look professional.

I hope the people who made this abomination go and get proper jobs that reflect their non existent talents. Please don't disgrace the DVD industry by attempting more of this rubbish.

It's SOMETHING out of nothing.

[TechnicJacob · 5/10 · 6 March 2014]

Upon watching this film I went in with not very high expectations after seeing some current reviews already posted on here. But I watches The Estate anyway in hopes of finding my own opinion.

Unfortunately, most of what has been mentioned is true; this film comes across as poorly written, bad camera-work, amateur acting and a disappointing storyline.

This film isn't for the faint of heart, it displays grittiness, a tough honesty about crime that is currently apparent in some areas of London. It includes some sometimes half naked ladies and the usually hard to understand language used by the young characters. Oh and don't forget swearing, the is an awful lot of swearing involved, mostly unnecessary but always present in many different forms of vulgar language.

The main reason for these issues are due to one problem; budget. Unfortunately the budget was very low for this film and it clearly shows as it comes across as an overall difficult film to watch, not only because of the grittiness of the film, but the quality of the camera-work and editing, or otherwise, lack of editing, hinder The Estate greatly.

Although this has all been said, the overall message for this film and the realism portrayed as best it can is of a great standard. Although the acting at times isn't of an amazing standard, the realism that the characters convey about the real-life situations these people are put in are accurate.

The overall message that Steven Drew is trying to put across through the film is clearly apparent, and it is a strong message of that. The side of gang crime he approaches is that of what happens behind the sometimes glamorised violence included in many crime films. It approaches the affected lives of those behind the scenes and the reach the effect of crime has.

Overall this film has a good intention to put across a good story and an important moral reality to what is currently happening in some rougher areas of London. Unfortunately this film is hindered by the lack of budget which would otherwise increase the overall quality of the film.

I would recommend watching this film for the verisimilitude and message it conveys, not for the production quality.

Real & A Good Watch

[stelth5 · 8/10 · 27 March 2014]

I don't understand peeps negative comments, some of you have never been on an estate let alone walked through one, the portrayal is real.

This film might have not had a major budget but its shows gangs, drugs, corrupt police, and crime this is all relevant today and the film maker did a good job bringing it all to the surface,

I also like the way the film focuses on the people who live on the estate, Elderly people never really get represented in movies nowadays, so well done for focusing on what they experience on a day to day basis.

Good film!

ticks the box for me Geez

Bad film but..

[bluefoxniner · 15 September 2011]

Utterly dreadful, can only say that it was plot less,meaningless,poorly acted and anything else thats wrong. There is a HUGE "BUT" however... it is a pretty accurate portrayal of life in the UK, and the big concern is that these cereal thugs are the 'future' of this country. The only people who could benefit form this are those who believe that life in Britain today is pretty little shops, cricket on the village green and cucumber sandwiches. "Harry Brown" was a much better film on every level, and that too portrayed the real harsh realities of life that decent people have to contend with living in urban Britain. It's not really worth watching this film unless you didn't already know about hoodie/chav culture, and the giggles you get from ''youff workers'' who blame everyone for these thugs except accept the fact that there is a huge degree of contempt and lawlessness from these feral animals.