As a run-of-a-mill portrayal of a London community undergoing gentrification, this is a good stab. Unfortunately, it gets caught up in the story it decided to tell before gathering materials: the working-class community are worthy but floored, the gentrifiers are good when they're European but bad when they're capitalists, etc. A bunch of scenes (e.g. the artist in the PR agency) appear scripted to no purpose, and some pretty relevant facts (e.g. the garage mechanic being 'pushed out' but profiting from the sale of his property beyond any prospects of his run-down, eye-sore premises) are left out. Which is a pity, because the nuance (still visible in much of the film) is what's interesting.
Review of The Street
