the film be set in newcastle on tyne in north east england and the town where i be bear and grow up . the film be also fundamentally dishonest the way it present the town and the kid and but above all the men of the town . in this film they be all stupid and violent and thieve and thug . i suppose i could comment on the plot ( predictable ) and the performance ( competently unattractive ) and the direction ( lazy and unimaginative ) and but to me that be all irrelevant compare to the director insult to the town and it people . thus the invitation in my summary to the director and writer and mark herman and to leave the north east .