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The Violators
Two dysfunctional girls, Shelly and Rachel, from very different backgrounds meet and set off on a course that will have profound implications for both of them. One will be shatter and the other reborn.
1970, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
1 October 1972, Salford, Manchester, England, UK
27 November 1984, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
June 17, 2016
An unfocused and overly convenient story, but there are some glimmers of promise.June 16, 2016
It's flawed by a slightly unconvincing and anticlimactic gun-related ending, but well acted, forthright and confident in the universe it creates.June 20, 2016
This dark slice of contemporary British drama deserves some serious attention.April 08, 2016
There are no easy answers in Walsh's heartbreaking look at life in Britain's lower class... In sharp contrast to Shelly's bleak life, Walsh's powerful coming-of-age tale is beautifully, dreamily shot.June 17, 2016
Six months into the year it's time to start thinking about the best films of 2016, and The Violators is comfortably up there.October 10, 2016
A powerful debut from the writer-director Helen Walsh.June 17, 2016
The plotting becomes increasingly contrived and the final reel revelations don't ring true.June 18, 2016
A frank, slow-burning and gritty realist film that will leave audiences seething.June 16, 2016
The young leads are excellent ... as is first-time cinematographer Tobin Jones, who eschews the grimy greys of traditional northern realism to capture the everyday locales in plangently living colour.June 13, 2016
The film's strengths lie in its sense of authenticity.May 13, 2016
The Violators doesn't break any new ground in its depiction of the downtrodden... but the actresses are finds who may have bright futures and it's sensitively directed by first time filmmaker Helen Walsh.