And the Oscar for Best Actress goes to Scarlett Freya Hollingworth for her portrayal of a hormonal twelve year old. Scarlett stars in the movie - Edge of Reason. Which despite popular belief, is not a movie about the life and loves of Dylan Thomas. But IS a movie about a single mother's failing ability to cope with juggling the demands of earning a living and her attitudinal and ungrateful daughters. A kind of King Lear for the modern era, but without the eye-gouging bit.
It has to be said; Scarlett favours 'method acting' where she really lives the part 24/7.
In fact her ability to feign sorrow is a genuine 'tour de force' and she really excels at public displays of outrage when she can't get her own way. So much so that in the movie, her mother is almost driven to throwing herself off Trent Bridge in an attempt to escape the trials of motherhood. But instead takes solace in a bottle of pinot grigio and a good night's sleep!
Scarlett's older sister Ruby is of a similar disposition and given to violent hormonal outbursts of volcanic rage. In fact, the tension created in scenes between the two actresses are what really give the movie its pithy zest. Ruby is a sublime tantrum thrower and will really catch the eye of the critics with her portayal of a hard-done-to teenage kid in the middle.
The movie will have a special screening in Nottingham with multiple dates to be arranged.
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