The Smiths has led to confusion for fans of the band.Shoplifters of the World is focused on a bunch of friends who are huge fans of the Manchester group – though when the band break up in 1987, one of the characters holds up a radio station and demands they play Smiths songs.The film’s trailer went viral over the weekend in the wake of the film’s US release, with many of the group’s fans reacting in horror.“Someone appears to have thought taking the plot of the Alan Partridge film and setting it the music of The Smiths is a good idea,” one joked, while another asked: “What the everliving fuck is this[?]”.Meanwhile, film critic Mark Kermode said: “Well, I’ll say this: Shoplifters of the World is EXACTLY the movie that Morrissey.
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