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Written and shown 20 years before the families finally got justice.

If you know the story it is well acted with some commentary if you don't know the story you will be appaled at what the 96 families endure .

It did the cause well and shone a spotlight on the disgusting red tape and cover ups

This is a moving film about the Hillsborough disaster. I have seen this film a few times and always find it difficult to watch. In fact the last time I saw it I had to turn it off as I got so upset. Great performances from the cast.

This movie is about the disaster in the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, where 96 supporters died by getting pressed against the fences. Furthermore the movie is about the faults of the police that led to this accident. You can feel the pain and the rage that the family and the friends of the 96 have felt. The police (who is for me responsible) is trying to blame the supporters that should have been drunk and have had no tickets. The movie does not make a real or the right statement. It only shows what happened on this day and the following years. It shows the fight for justice by the families and the story of some of the 96 supporters. They will never be forgotten.

This film is as close as you are going to get to the real truth. When you watch real-life interviews the families, it is like they are quoting right out of the film so you know Jimmy McGovern gave a faithful representation. And yet, it took another 20 years following this film for the cover-ups & truth to come out in a court of law. Scousers knew the truth the whole time & never stopped fighting.

Outstanding performances by all involved. Such a traumatic subject matter has been represented with the utmost respect.

Hopefully there'll be a sequel in the future where Duckinfield & the whole corrupt lot go down for manslaughter.

A drama that's largely undone buy it's own sense of outrage and anger. Characters shout their way from scene to scene and it really doesn't allow you to think for yourself. The cast are not even able to do a Liverpool accent either mostly which I found strange. The story takes you through the different stages of the disaster, the aftermath and the inquest which followed. It's shot and acted well but it just comes off as too much of a polemic.

On the technical side it's fairly well shot and the sound and editing are all fine and don't draw attention to themselves too much but instead try to allow the story to just flow naturally.