Great acting

Rating: 9/10 (21 January 2018)

The story is very predictable, though nicely shot. What makes the film is the acting. Every piece of acting by everybody is superb. The dialogue is very good - and the father's monologue near the end is the jewel in the crown. It reminds me of some of the classic Channel 4 (UK) movies of old (such as Greggory's Girl and P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang)... It somehow feels like a great TV movie rather than a cinema one (though most of the cinematography was superb). I'm undecided whether I liked the long duration scenes, such as the the bike riding off in to the distance. I get the intention, but sometimes it felt a little contrived. But the acting was so good that it's really a non issue. You really felt like you were there in person with the characters and that is a rare achievement.