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Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career has reached rock-bottom. He has a teenage daughter, Tommy, who was put into foster care many years before. Now, aged seventeen, Tommy has become inloved in a scandal that involves child pornography with a high-ranked police officer. Charlie and Tommy become reunited as Charlie .. Read more

Starring	Adrian Dunbar, David O'Hara, Julie Graham, Emma Faulkner
Director	David Hayman
Genres	Thriller

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- This Scottish thriller, developed by British Screen and written by Robert Murphy, is regrettably no advert for the... read more on Time Out
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  Best avoided
  
  Confusing plot line, dialogue that cannot be heard as background too loud. Gave up halfway through & found something more interesting to do - washing up!
  
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  - 17 Feb 2005 at 12:52
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  Poor direction kills good plot idea
  
  Not as bad as some other reviewers might suggest. This movie is notable as James McAvoy's first film. He appears as a teenage boxing enthusiast in a key ... read more »
  
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  average
  
  nothing to write home about. Would not recommend it
  
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  - 16 Dec 2005 at 15:19
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  Absolutely rubish!
  
  I don't know how this film end. because it make me sleep.
  
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  - Werxham, Wales
  - 10 Oct 2005 at 17:37
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  Rubbish
  
  I was glad to read the reviews saying that this was hard to hear and hard to follow as no explanations were given.
  
  I thought that old age had caught ... read more »
  
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  - Chester, England
  - 28 Aug 2005 at 19:54
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  Absolute tosh !!!!
  
  I got completely fed up in the first 25 minutes.Confusing plot, rubbish acting and a completely useless script.Hard to hear what is going on in the film, and ... read more »
  
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  - Buckingham
  - 21 Aug 2005 at 22:18
- - 7
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  Best avoided
  
  Confusing plot line, dialogue that cannot be heard as background too loud. Gave up halfway through & found something more interesting to do - washing up!
  
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- - 7
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  Best avoided
  
  Confusing plot line, dialogue that cannot be heard as background too loud. Gave up halfway through & found something more interesting to do - washing up!
  
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  - Co. Durham
  - 17 Feb 2005 at 12:52
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  Rubbish
  
  I was glad to read the reviews saying that this was hard to hear and hard to follow as no explanations were given.
  
  I thought that old age had caught ... read more »
  
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  - Chester, England
  - 28 Aug 2005 at 19:54
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  Absolutely rubish!
  
  I don't know how this film end. because it make me sleep.
  
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  - Werxham, Wales
  - 10 Oct 2005 at 17:37
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  average
  
  nothing to write home about. Would not recommend it
  
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  - birmingham
  - 16 Dec 2005 at 15:19
- - 1
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  Poor direction kills good plot idea
  
  Not as bad as some other reviewers might suggest. This movie is notable as James McAvoy's first film. He appears as a teenage boxing enthusiast in a key ... read more »
  
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- - MikeLaughton
  - 106 reviews
  - Oakham,England
  - 16 Feb 2012 at 10:37
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  Absolute tosh !!!!
  
  I got completely fed up in the first 25 minutes.Confusing plot, rubbish acting and a completely useless script.Hard to hear what is going on in the film, and ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Aug 2005 at 22:18

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  Charlie Colquhoun is a journalist whose career has reached rock-bottom. He has a teenage daughter, Tommy, who was put into foster care many years before. Now, aged seventeen, Tommy has become inloved in a scandal that involves child pornography with a high-ranked police officer. Charlie and Tommy ...