Shannon Matthews the Musical the Movie

2024

Comedy / Musical

IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 221 221

dark comedy musical based on true story based on play or musical yorkshire true crime

Director

Samantha Hindman Photo
Samantha Hindman

Top cast

Samantha Hindman Photo
Samantha Hindman as Karen Matthews
Rob Kirtley Photo
Rob Kirtley as Detective Inspector George Radgitt
Chris Clark Photo
Chris Clark as Interviewer
Helen Lewis Photo
Helen Lewis as The Prosecutor
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837.26 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 31 min
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1.52 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
25 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by teknobird 10 / 10

A comedic riot!

I had the privilege of seeing this twice during the premiere weekend and I was blown away. My sides likely need medical attention from laughing so much.On the surface, the topic is a tough one to tackle, but as a fan of gallows humour being the best way to deal with anything serious I LOVE IT.The songs are hilarious, the attention to detail in the movie production and sets was absolutely first class, and the cast excelled themselves.A modern classic in the making, without question. If you read the daily fail or other rightwing rag equivalent , you'll hate it. Write your strongly worded letter to the editor, really do.Everyone else, go and see this as soon as you can! It's fantastic.
Reviewed by pledge7 9 / 10

Controversial topic rendered as a laugh out loud singalong musical

Reviewed by cliff-smogo 9 / 10

Surely the funniest film of the year!

Surely the funniest film of the year, though that statement comes with major caveats about its subject matter, content and language, which means that its chances of finding appreciative audiences seem very limited. It's a true-crime comedy musical written and composed by one-man filth-pop cult legend Kunt and the Gang, whose song lyrics revolve largely around genitals, sexual acts, newsworthy paedophiles and other unsavoury subjects. Despite that, he's troubled the Top 75 twice with "Use My Arsehole as a Cunt" and "Fucksticks", and as frontman of punk band The Kunts, has had four more recent Top 10 hits, including "Boris Johnson is a Fucking Cunt" and "Fuck the Tories". So you get the sense of what he does.Despite those left-wing credentials, Kunt goes full tabloid exposé in his take on northern council estate life as epitomised by Karen Matthews. An unemployed mum of seven children, almost all of whom have "Different Dads" according to one of the songs here, she notoriously came up with "A Plan (Based on Maddie McCann)" to fake the abduction of her daughter Shannon, in the hope of splitting the Sun newspaper's inevitable cash reward with her accomplice. The depiction of this fraud - and of Karen's lifestyle - is done in incredibly poor taste, but the thing about Kunt is that he's able to do very bad taste with a cheeky wink. Even when he's not the person you're watching sing the songs (or speak the dialogue), that adorable, hilarious naughtiness is still there.It's there in the numerous background jokes, many of which demand a rewatch to take in properly. It's definitely there in the lyrics, which for example, rhyme "computer jargon" with "why have you got that hard-on?". And it's there in the the ever-jaunty, major-key synth backing music that even make songs called things like "You're a Paedophile" so catchy and enjoyable. The film's production values are akin with the tinny tunes: pretty basic and rough around the edges, but with enough comedy chops to overcome the lack of polish. The staging of "Shannon Ain't Dead (She's Under My Bed)" as a chase scene around the north of England is particularly brilliant, and there are many, many other highlights. But it's a difficult film to recommend to anyone you want to remain friends with, because if they hate it, chances are they'll get the police to check your hard drive.
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