In a Man's World

First off, what with the accents and all, this film may have better been set in Glasgow, but anyone not from Scotland would doubtless not know the difference, so I guess it can pass.

Considering the youth and inexperience of his lead actors, alongside his almost nonexistent budget, Hutcheon has done a marvellous job of bringing the darker side of Scotland's cities to light. It's a little rough around the edges, and perhaps occasionally over the top (shootings are not so common), but in the main accurately portrays the violent environment in which too many kids have grown up.

Having grown up on the outskirts of this society, this film held me from start to finish, at the same time both disturbingly and comfortingly familiar.

I have never seen Aberdeen portrayed in film before, but I think Hutcheon has captured it beautifully, at times dark and forbidding, at others beautiful in desolation.

Honestly, I would recommend this to almost everyone as worth watching, it is very much a diamond in the rough.

In a Man's World impressed me for a number of reasons. Lee took kids who had never acted before and gave this film the authenticity it needed. He also represented a city never before used in a feature film: Aberdeen. Who knew it could be so beautiful? But what's most impressive is that he took a script and turned it into a feature film with no budget. OK, there are some rough edges but we're not talking a megabucks production here! I've seen this film with a talk from the director afterwards and it just proves to me that if you want to make a movie, then don't let anything get in your way. You don't need industry validation to really make something worthwhile. I believe it won a newcomer award at the New York Film Festival also. So give it watch.

I had never heard of this film before or the company that made it but am really looking forward to their next movie.

I just watched In a Mans World after i rented it from blockbuster and thought that it was great. The film as a whole was a breath of fresh air in the gang film bracket because it was so raw. I thought that the children in it were great and i enjoyed their performances more than the adults in the film. Having said this i also thought that the adults were really good too especially the man whole played Carmel a great central performance.

Carlo Becci - Movie Fan

In A Man's World is one of those films with a lot of heart that, with perhaps just a little more experience on behalf of all concerned, could have been a lot better than it is. A gritty tale of kids caught up with low-life gangsters in Aberdeen, the film falls foul of some poor acting – especially from the kids, who share most of the screen time – and some plot twists that simply fail to convince. Rightly or wrongly, you get the impression that writer/director Lee Hutcheon's script has some autobiographical elements, but sometimes truth is, not only stranger, but sillier than fiction, and the idea for example of a bunch of tough gangsters taping two dozen wee bags of smack to the underside of a seat for transportation across town in a removal truck is quite frankly laughable – which is the kiss of death when you're trying to reflect sombrely upon the intransigence of fate and the harsh choices facing youth born to the slums of Scotland.

Too often, the film is derivative of the work of other, better directors. Scorses used doo-wop music in his flicks to establish a feel for time and place: Hutcheon does it simply because Scorsese did – after all, what has 50s American doo-wop to do with present-day Scotland?

For quite some time my 12 year old boy had been acting very suspiciously and after some investigation it turned out he was involved with a local gang of youths who were also dealing drugs. My world fell apart when I then discovered that he was in fact taking drugs as well. I didn't even think he knew what drugs was at the age of 12. Luckily I caught him at the experimental stage and he was not addicted to anything in any way.

I found myself in a dark world that I knew nothing about and I found it difficult to talk to him. Then I showed him IN A MANS WORLD and I didn't have to do any talking at all. The film said it all. The portrayal of these kids spiralling deeper and deeper into this dark world may have possibly saved my sons life. One day I hope to shake director Lee Hutcheon's hand for this bold, raw, depiction of the unforgiving society we live in today.

I also understand it was done on very little money with no help from anyone at all. I am looking forward to seeing what Lee Hutcheon will achieve with his first proper budget to do 'Ramensky' The story of safe cracker and War Hero Johnny Ramensky.

From a very happy dad . . . Thank you!