Schoolboy Phil's life falls apart when he returns home one day, to find his house empty, and his parents gone. Phil makes the terrible choice of heading to London, where he is forced to live in The streets.
Shown as part of BBC1's Screen One series, it's an interesting story of abandonment and life choices. It's not the best one I've seen, but it has some interesting content.
The story doesn't exactly flow very well, and you may end up scratching your head, but the overall message is still relevant.
Gritty, but far fetched, I'm not sure why Phil didn't got to an Aunt's house, or a school friends, I'm assuming I'd have been about the same age as him in 1990, bit sure I'd have gone to the streets of London, it's not 1875.
Lee Ross was rather good I thought, Trevor Peacock was the standout I thought, and provided a very poignant scene.
The notion if being invisible in London, well that still holds, you could be having a heart attack, and nobody would look up from their phone.
6/10.
Shown as part of BBC1's Screen One series, it's an interesting story of abandonment and life choices. It's not the best one I've seen, but it has some interesting content.
The story doesn't exactly flow very well, and you may end up scratching your head, but the overall message is still relevant.
Gritty, but far fetched, I'm not sure why Phil didn't got to an Aunt's house, or a school friends, I'm assuming I'd have been about the same age as him in 1990, bit sure I'd have gone to the streets of London, it's not 1875.
Lee Ross was rather good I thought, Trevor Peacock was the standout I thought, and provided a very poignant scene.
The notion if being invisible in London, well that still holds, you could be having a heart attack, and nobody would look up from their phone.
6/10.