This is England restrictions

This is England is rated an 18.
This is due to the violence, language and the whole issue of which the film surrounds there is also a few sex scenes in the film. So therefore the age rating on this film was necessary.
The film is a social realist genre which means that people of a certain age would need to understand the issues if which the film covers and faces, therefore the rating of this film would be needed as a guideline to show which age range would appreciate the film more due to their level of understanding.
Shane meadows wasnt happy with the rating of the film, he petitions to councils on how he wanted the film to be a 15 so that it was aimed at people at the character of Shauns age.