GIRL ON APPROVAL is a timely kitchen sink drama released during a wave of such films. These were typically stories involving working class families involved in situations that audiences could genuinely identify with. This one tackles the thorny subject of foster care and explores the arrival of a difficult teenage girl on a typical family.
It's a low key and rather ordinary production without much in the way of big moments or memorable set-pieces to remember it by. Despite this, the film is efficiently told and well acted by the cast members, all of whom give realistic performances. Rachel Roberts is the mainstay here, playing the mother who wants to do the right thing but gets increasingly driven to the edge by the problems involved with fostering.
James Maxwell, as her husband, takes a back seat. Unlike other reviewers here, I didn't have a problem with Annette Whiteley's acting, as her awkward performance perfectly encapsulates her own character's awkward age and psychological difficulties.
It's a low key and rather ordinary production without much in the way of big moments or memorable set-pieces to remember it by. Despite this, the film is efficiently told and well acted by the cast members, all of whom give realistic performances. Rachel Roberts is the mainstay here, playing the mother who wants to do the right thing but gets increasingly driven to the edge by the problems involved with fostering.
James Maxwell, as her husband, takes a back seat. Unlike other reviewers here, I didn't have a problem with Annette Whiteley's acting, as her awkward performance perfectly encapsulates her own character's awkward age and psychological difficulties.