If British teenager Sarah Taylor’s (Liv Hill) life was a movie, its relentless ghastliness might make even a seasoned miserabilist like Ken Loach say, “C’mon, now.” She’s the primary caretaker in an economically and emotionally depressed family comprised of a bipolar mother (Sinead Matthews) and two sprightly siblings (Henry Lile and Jemima Newman) who are still too young to grasp the bleakness of their situation. When she’s not mouthing off at school and driving her drama teacher, Adam (Cyril Nri), up the wall, she’s working at a low-rent games parlor in her seaside hometown of Margate, where her boss (Angus...
- 4/21/2018
- by Keith Uhlich
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If British teenager Sarah Taylor’s (Liv Hill) life was a movie, its relentless ghastliness might make even a seasoned miserabilist like Ken Loach say, “C’mon, now.” She’s the primary caretaker in an economically and emotionally depressed family comprising a bipolar mother (Sinead Matthews) and two sprightly siblings (Henry Lile and Jemima Newman), who are still too young to grasp the bleakness of their situation. When she’s not mouthing off at school and driving her drama teacher, Adam (Cyril Nri), up the wall, she’s working at a low-rent games parlor in her seaside hometown ...
- 4/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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