When Kelly and Max, two 13-year olds from widely different social backgrounds, form an unlikely alliance and take off in Max's father's Ferrari for an illegal trip to Brighton. On the way they discover more about life and each other than they had bargained for.
Acting
Child leads carry the whole film with surprising chemistry.
Production
That Ferrari is basically the third lead.
Director
Colin Finbow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Colin Finbow specialized in children's television and rarely worked in feature films; this was his theatrical outlier.
The Brighton run was a real working-class rite of passage in 80s Britain, making this a period-specific fantasy of freedom.