SummaryWhen Shelly meets Rachel, two dysfunctional girls from radically opposed backgrounds set off on a collision course that will leave one of them shattered, the other re-born. Set in the forsaken wastelands of Cheshire's little-seen urban overspill, The Violators charts a teenage girl's path from battle-hardened cynicism to the hope of a better life... Read More
Directed By:Helen Walsh
Written By:Helen Walsh
The Violators
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Mixed or Average
60
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Jul 18, 2016
80
The Violators bravely paints a vicious circle without pulling any punches and shows real promise in a new female British filmmaker.
Jul 18, 2016
60
This study of adolescent desire and alienation across class lines takes its time nurturing a tensely ambiguous relationship between its two young female leads — alertly played by newcomers Lauren McQueen and Brogan Ellis — only to squander a measure of that intrigue on a blunt third-act twist.
Jul 18, 2016
60
The Violators suffers from inevitable comparisons to Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, but is anchored by McQueen’s terrific performance in her feature debut.
Jul 18, 2016
60
It’s the directorial debut of novelist Helen Walsh and details as small as the actresses’ eyebrows reveal huge amounts about their characters. It’s also cleverly shot.
Jul 18, 2016
60
It’s flawed by a slightly unconvincing and anticlimactic gun-related ending, but well acted, forthright and confident in the universe it creates.
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Production Company:
- Red Union Films
Duration:1 h 41 m
Awards
Cinedays Skopje Film Festival
• 3 Nominations
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Tbilisi International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
