Empire Magazine - Adulthood
It starts off with Simon Crook (reviewer) explaining the plot, from this we see him use chatty language and terms such as “rusty shiv with his name on it”, this notifies the reader that the review is informal for general readers. When Crook starts to review, he firstly shows his appreciation to ‘Kidulthood’ (previous film), saying that it is aimed at “realism” and then makes a joke claiming that Kidulthood is not “sensation, like Larry Clark’s Kids after a Magners-and-crack binge - hangover included”, which furthermore adds to the fact that the review is written using informal language.
In the next paragraph Crooks begins to show his considerations towards the film using subtle sentences such as “there’s something satisfying about lifetime-in-a-day movies” and “Adulthood delivers a dynamic shot of timebomb cinema”, from these quotes we can see that Simon Crook thinks highly of the film, however he is unbiased as he declares that ‘Adulthood’ “loses its rhythm twice”
In the last paragraph he further on makes jokes, referencing other media while making fun of the film, “strip away the slang and tracksuits, and it compares well with the likes of The Firm and Scum”. At the top of the page there is also a picture from the film showing characters, Mooney and Jay face to face. Overall Simon Crook gave a positive review, detailing the good parts of the film and also giving it a 3 out of 5 star rating.
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