Hillsborough

TV Movie
1996
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

946

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Docudrama Drama History Sport

A number of grieving families in the UK struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, in which 95 football fans were crushed to death.A number of grieving families in the UK struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, in which 95 football fans were crushed to death.A number of grieving families in the UK struggle to come to terms with the unexpected and tragic 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, in which 95 football fans were crushed to death.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

946

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 3 BAFTA Awards
- 6 wins total

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In 1995, two women who had lost children in the disaster asked Jimmy McGovern if he would write their story. He began by interviewing the families of the victims and became so angry at the unfolding story that he brought in writer Katy Jones to verify that his writing was not skewed in any way.

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Trevor Hicks: I'll just say this and then I want you to leave. Football was the one thing we did as the family and now we're not a family anymore. Please go.

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Followed by Anne (2022)

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6/10

Heavy handed drama

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.