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Fast Girls
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A talented runner (Lenora Crichlow) from a rough part of London joins the British track team and races for glory at the World Championships. There she develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
A talented runner (Lenora Crichlow) from a rough part of London joins the British track team and races for glory at the World Championships. There she develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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June 14, 2012
Here is a likable and fun British film: it's a little like Bend It Like Beckham.
June 16, 2012
Little more than a dull if mercifully brief promotional feature for the Olympics.
June 20, 2012
[W]holly unsurprising... yet this flick is wholly winning thanks to its abundance of good cheer, generosity of spirit, and refusal to go too easy on its protagonist.
June 19, 2012
Devoid of anything daring, Fast Girls makes some of the right motions but never rises above its cash-in status.
June 17, 2012
An energising offering depicting 2012's challenges and achievements while demonstrating that TV's Crichlow is a strong feature film lead worth in vesting in.
June 12, 2012
Some of the girl power stuff is a bit wincing and it's never totally convincing, but with charm and buckets of energy, you'll forgive it.
June 15, 2012
The script moves from one cliche to the next - forbidden romance, enmity mellowing into sisterly solidarity - culminating in a championship showdown that leaves a patriotic lump in the throat.
June 17, 2012
The social backgrounds are crudely etched, the races (edited to a synthesised rock score) unexciting, the results predictable.
June 15, 2012
Fleet-footed British sports movie Fast Girls, an engaging tale of underdog triumph that makes up in energy and high spirits for what it lacks in technique.
February 12, 2013
...watching Fast Girls is a thoroughly enjoyable experience, and a particularly welcome contribution to the genre because it focuses on female athletes competing in a non-glamour sport.
June 17, 2012
The Makers of Fast Girls are likely hoping that international viewers will see past the movie's promiscuous use of Union Jack waving to focus, instead, on a tale of plucky sporting underdogs.