
Apparently, it’s not grim up north after all. If Ken Loach had ever overdosed on laughing gas there’s a chance he might have brainstormed this wickedly funny comedy that comes straight from the heart of multicultural Britain. The title’s a nod to the ancient tradition of Mischief Night, a pre-Guy Fawkes, post-Halloween evening of Tricking without the Treating, when naughty nippers get to run riot with what amounts to a Get Out Of Jail Free card. We’re talking cars coated in eggs and clingfilm, flour bombs and burning dog turds left on doorsteps... But in this bright and breezy flick from writer/director Penny Woolcock (Tina Goes Shopping) there’s also the promise of something more rejuvenating.
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