London to Brighton is a gritty drama
London to Brighton
Paul Andrew Williams
Lorraine Stanley, Johnny Harris, Georgia Groome, Sam Spruell
18
A small-scale British film that manages to rise well above most of the recent domestic low-life dramas seeping from the industry.
To be sure it falls into the same genre – Stanley plays a prostitute who escapes the clutches of her violent pimp in London by catching the train to Brighton – but the sterling playing of an excellent cast and the tightly-controlled directing make it a drama that is both gritty and human.
4/5
