leigh-anne is a single mother, on benefit, living in dark, damp house, with sick baby
from this cheerful start the film spirals down to its tragic ending
well thats the review over with, now for some comments
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movies that portray people from the arse end of society are not uncommon, what distinguishes a way of life from the plethora of sentimental portrayals of plucky and lovable characters, is that the main characters in a way of life are completely lacking in redeeming features and the film itself is about as unsentimental as it is possible to get
the central character, leigh-anne, is portrayed as an twisted evil bitch, who is surrounded by friends who are not really her friends
this is an example of how bad leigh-anne is:
a middle aged man comes up to her in a pub, obviously wanting to purchase her sexual services, to which she responds: "ain't you gonna buy me a drink first"
she starts a conversation with a girl a pub, who tells her: "me mam wont let me have a boyfriend till I'm 15"
leigh-anne responds with fake astonishment: "well thats ages away, pity you could have any boy in this place"
so she takes the girl out of the pub, and is followed by the middle aged man, who asks her how much? she says £30, he says he can get it for half that elsewhere, to which she says: "yeah but she ain't been had before"
she takes his money and says to the girl: "just open your legs and let him do the rest"
we see a parting shot of rough sex and the girl in pain
from this cheerful start the film spirals down to its tragic ending
well thats the review over with, now for some comments
+++SPOILERS+++
movies that portray people from the arse end of society are not uncommon, what distinguishes a way of life from the plethora of sentimental portrayals of plucky and lovable characters, is that the main characters in a way of life are completely lacking in redeeming features and the film itself is about as unsentimental as it is possible to get
the central character, leigh-anne, is portrayed as an twisted evil bitch, who is surrounded by friends who are not really her friends
this is an example of how bad leigh-anne is:
a middle aged man comes up to her in a pub, obviously wanting to purchase her sexual services, to which she responds: "ain't you gonna buy me a drink first"
she starts a conversation with a girl a pub, who tells her: "me mam wont let me have a boyfriend till I'm 15"
leigh-anne responds with fake astonishment: "well thats ages away, pity you could have any boy in this place"
so she takes the girl out of the pub, and is followed by the middle aged man, who asks her how much? she says £30, he says he can get it for half that elsewhere, to which she says: "yeah but she ain't been had before"
she takes his money and says to the girl: "just open your legs and let him do the rest"
we see a parting shot of rough sex and the girl in pain