A film about the underclass (doubt many of them are working), that is not about gangsters and the usual clichés. An astonishing debt from the completely untrained Katie Jarvis, given that she was discovered having a row with her boyfriend at a train station, after the first few minutes of this film you rather feel sorry for the real life boyfriend!
And this was the key, by background Jarvis is rather closer to what she portrayed than any number of stage school brats propelled by pushy parents. Along with this discovered acting talent, it allows Jarvis in her acting debut to dominate as the lead in this film, lead as in every scene.
Excellent support from Wearing, a superb actress, Fassbender also rightly highly regarded and throughout the cast.
The film was also genuinely tense and gripping, something that 'Kitchen Sink' dramas often lack.
And this was the key, by background Jarvis is rather closer to what she portrayed than any number of stage school brats propelled by pushy parents. Along with this discovered acting talent, it allows Jarvis in her acting debut to dominate as the lead in this film, lead as in every scene.
Excellent support from Wearing, a superb actress, Fassbender also rightly highly regarded and throughout the cast.
The film was also genuinely tense and gripping, something that 'Kitchen Sink' dramas often lack.