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A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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| Movie TalkJason BestFleet-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. |
| Daily Express (UK)Henry FitzherbertDirected by Regan Hall, this is benign, family-friendly fare (not as cool, edgy or sexy as I anticipated) and a cheerful enough warm up to the Olympics. |
| GuardianPeter BradshawHere is a likable and fun British film: it's a little like Bend It Like Beckham. |
| Empire MagazineMark DinningDespite the whiff of soap, this should get you in the mood for the Olympic summer. |
| Real.comLisa Giles-KeddieAn energising offering depicting 2012's challenges and achievements while demonstrating that TV's Crichlow is a strong feature film lead worth in vesting in. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchThe social backgrounds are crudely etched, the races (edited to a synthesised rock score) unexciting, the results predictable. |
| PopMattersSarah Boslaugh...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. |
| Little White LiesSophie HaslettFresh, amusing and very British. We defy you not to shed a tear. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinHall, making his feature debut, rarely strays from the underdog sports movie template, but the two appealing young leads come as a welcome blast of deodorant to this stale narrative armpit. |
| Birmingham Mail Graham Young( ... )as predictable as the day is long, but it certainly makes a massive change from the usual crime-infested gangster movies set in London. |