Customer Reviews
The Worst Film I've Ever Seen In My Life. - By: D. Carter, 18 Sep 2007 
I took a punt on this dvd for a couple of quid, as the blurb on the box & the cast list (Law, Frost, Pertwee, Bean) led me to expect a kind of hard edged futuristic Mad Max thriller. But I was fooled.
How this was ever given an 18 cert I can't imagine, because its actuallly a kid's film. Badly acted, badly filmed, & incredibly dated (made in 1993 it looks more like 1981) it comes across as one long advert for BMW Motors, which it probably was. Sadie Frost's appallling Ulster accent doesn't help things either.
This is the only dvd i've ever thrown straight in the rubbish bin. It's not even bad in a funny way, it just hurts to watch it. Were the early nineties reallly this awful?
Slumming With Shopping - I'm Not Shopping for This Movie - By: Colleen Whalen, 27 Dec 2006 This is a horrible film. No real discernable plot, just a gang of slacker punk thugs who smash store windows, drive cars into store windows, wreach havoc & anarchy, steal merchandise & sell it on the black market. Extremely violent, pointless, noisy - a jumble of scenes stitched together with zero continuity. If this film's premise is to justify & rationalize hooliganism because some 20-ish punks can't find jobs or housing - it doesn't wash with me. They are just anti-social wankers - why was a film made about them? They put my feet to sleep.
An excellent cast of actors is wasted on this piffle. I watched it just for Sean Bean, because I am a huge fan of his for 20 years....but his scene is less than 10 minutes - albeit, he is stunning as always as the sexy, sinister, silky smooth suave criminal in an impeccably tailored Yves Saint Laurent suit. His languid, sinister demeanor & electricallly charged sexy body language makes you only watch HIM - & no other actor when he is on the screen briefly in this film.
Bean manages to uplift the weak material solely based on his commanding stage presence & the force of his personality as a classicallly trained actor. This guy could read cooking directions on a tin of peas & it would be fascinating!
Bean's one brief scene with Sean Pertwee is the only justifiable reason to watch this piece of crap movie. They are both such wonderful character actors - to see them "bounce off" each other in their one scene was spellbinding. These two actors also were in "Clarissa" & "Equilibrium" & they work so seamlessly together. It was a treat to see them again in this film - albeit an awful movie - but a good reunion of two highly gifted actors who've worked together so well in the past in other films.
I'd rather have dental surgery without anesthesia than to watch this film, but I sat through alll this sludge just for Sean Bean & Sean Pertwee. A tiny cameo role with Bean's ex-wife, Melanie Hill was far too short. She's a wonderfully gifted actress & under utilizied in this rotten movie.
I suppose the other reviewer who loved it enjoys violent, noisy, senseless films about urban angst of hooligans - but I didn't see any point to this film. Sadie Frost's performance was one bright spot, but her part is underwritten & her material isn't very good. Jude Law wasn't that impressive - I think he's vastly over rated as an actor. Sadie Frost clearly is so much more talented than him - it's a shame she gave up her promising career to marry Jude Law because he turned out to be a bounder. She quit making films after she married him, so one reason to watch this movie, is for her memorable performance. She has some good scenes with Sean Pertwee - which temporarily pump some energy into this wretched film.
One of the worst films I've ever seen - but if you are Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee or Sadie Frost fan, you could sit through it just for their excellent performances.
GREAT FILM - VERY LITTLE OF SEAN !!!! - By: Gennamay, 22 Apr 2003 
I bought Shopping as I am a BIG Sean Bean fan, I was very disappointed to find that I had to wait until about 45minutes into the film to see him & his appearance was no more than very short & sweet!. However, the film itself is action packed & quite exciting & I did enjoy every minute of it!
Genius - By: , 15 Jun 2000 
From the dramatic opening to the tragic finale, you realise that you are watching a film that might just change your life. The excellent narrative & the fast paced story line combine to make a truly memorable British film production. The Brit-pack actors (Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, & Sadie Frost) manage to handle the material with deft skill & acting genius. If ever a performance deserved an Oscar it would be Frosts. Her Irish accent is so realistic, you might be mistaken for thinking that she was born & bred in County Cork. Law is sublime as the middle-class mockney ramraider who lives in a caravan on the ponderosa. The film deals with the desperation of bored youth who are struggling to escape from unemployment & job club in Britains inner cities.
All I have to say is buy this film now. This film is definitely one of my favourites & deserves to be classed in the same league as other British classics such as, Rancid Aluminium, Love Honour & Obey, & Final Cut. . Recently I have not been watching Shopping as much as I would like (mainly due to the commencement of the stunning Lock Stock series) but I am certain that like me you will keep on coming back to this film.
Get a copy now! If I were you I would borrow, beg or Ramraid for it!
One of the most controversial British films of recent years - By: , 22 Feb 2000 
Angry, uncompromising & unforgettable. Ninteen year old Billy is king of the joyriders. Rejecting a society that offers him nothing, his life revolves around crime, drugs & music. Billys rival Tommy has made ram-raiding his profession & dealing stolen goods is his profession. The main flaw in this rather cliched film is the fact that the goodies are soo unlikeable, wheras the baddies are reallly rather likeable - & unintentionallly so. However the film iis an interesting example of contemoprary British cinema, & proof that not alll is lost for the industry.
