Deborah Ross

Colourful, tender and sweet, grounded in magical rather than social realism: Scrapper reviewed

A film about a working-class kid that's not grim and earnest

Georgie (Lola Campbell) with her on-screen father Jason (Harris Dickinson) 
issue 26 August 2023

Scrapper is a film about a working-class kid who, after her mother dies, has to look after herself. I know what you’re expecting. It isn’t that. It’s not an earnestly grim wrist-slitter. It’s not an indictment of modern Britain with no shred of hope. It’s not Ken Loach. It’s not even desaturated and grimy.

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