herman have make northern drama his own with little voice and brassed off and but the formula falter in this ropey and flat and contrived tale of two teenage delinquent try to get season ticket to see newcastle . truancy and underage smoking and drinking and underage sex and teenage abortion and school bullying and drug abuse and substance abuse and depression and child violence and child sex abuse and shoplifting and housebreaking and auto theft and violent assault and arm robbery all put in an appearance here . none of these issue be explore and they merely serve to move the story along from one implausible situation to another . the film be not a acutely observe a trainspotting and as poignant a the full monty and or a reflective of the time a wonderland ( from which it shamelessly steal music in an overly manipulative manner ) . i suspect none of the filmmaker be from newcastle and and have certainly never experience the social problem the film reference . i be all for entertainment and and herman track record show he be aware of the need to balance the social message with laugh and tear . quite simply and he come up incredibly short here . the film have a nice end and but there be far too many flat and banal moment to sit through to get there . nicely shot and not very well act and and ultimately fails on three crucial point represent script and script and script .