Scrapper

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Scrapper

Released Aug 25, 2023

1h 24m

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This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason (Harris Dickinson; Triangle of Sadness, Beach Rats) arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do. Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Scrapper is full of spirit, humor, and formal inventiveness that sets it apart from much of British working-class cinema. Dickinson and remarkable newcomer Campbell imbue irresistible charm into this moving and frequently hilarious story of two emotionally tangled people: a grieving kid thrust into adulthood and a father in over his head.

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Critics Consensus

Like a cold treat on a hot day, Scrapper delivers two scoops of a sweet father-daughter dramedy best consumed when in need of a hug.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Harris Dickinson is wonderful as a deadbeat dad in this working-class father-daughter film.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Ella Kemp

Empire Magazine

Scrapper refuses to be pigeonholed as another dreary story about working-class life. Grief has hope, youth holds the keys to everything.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 10, 2023

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Delicately dancing the knife edge between too-cute and over-maudlin, the filmmaker and her terrific actors have given viewers that rarity in cinema: uplift without the dreary moralizing.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 18, 2023

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William Stottor

Flick Feast

Scrapper is a feisty, restless film, one that creatively portrays a young girl’s navigation of grief and her subsequent relationship with her father.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 3, 2024

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

Scrapper is about opening up and how a girl who is so steadfastly independent learns it is okay to need someone. Yet Charlotte Regan adds fun and inventiveness to this, creating a kitchen sink drama with a modern visual style.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 25, 2024

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Gisela Savdie

Letra Urbana

The movie leads us to reflect on aspects related to parenting, the responsibility of young people who become parents without much thought, and the effects of forced maturity on children obliged to work even at school age. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 15, 2024

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Terry s

A film that could turn any gay person straight.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/21/23

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Thomas D

Charlotte Regan’s film is an exceptional coming of age story.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/23

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Mauro L

(Mauro Lanari) If it isn't a simple remake of "Paper Moon" from half a century later, the credit goes to this almost thirty-year-old female debutant director and writer. "She comes from music videos": so what? If that always guaranteed such skill, the number of masterpieces from the birth of MTV onwards would be uncountable. "Scrapper" is "packed full of ideas" (Wendy Ide) because Charlotte Regan reminds us what a true indie film is and not a mainstream surrogate. There's nothing predictable in her magical realism: every shot, dialogue, and scene is an unexpectedly disconcerting surprise, from the colorful urban outskirts to the imaginative constructions to bear the mourning, from the working-class portrayed avoiding Loachian exasperations to the constant irony that blunts any dramatic hint. Wide-open ending: the two protagonists humbly admit their mutual flaws ("I'm going to mess up a lot, though." "So will I." "Okay.") and accept the challenge of coexistence without certainties of success. The international awards and accolades are well-deserved.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/30/24

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Jonah K

a somewhat familiar coming of age story revitalized with a unique style, voice and perspective.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/31/24

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Audience Member

Implausible conceit, juvenile writing & filmmaking and just plain offensive towards working-class kids and parents, along with teachers and social services. God bless british independent cinema, but surely it doesn't have to be this dumb and cloying? also Dickinson has never starred in a single decent movie, and this is just an AFTERSUN reject without the cinematic prowess , ambition and storytelling power that Charlotte Wells brings to the table. One to seriously avoid.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Craig F

I really wanted to like this movie, but I couldn't understand much of the dialogue. We rented it from a streaming service and had turned on CC but apparently there was no closed caption available. I blame that on cheap production. Too bad.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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This vibrant and inventive father-daughter comedy follows Georgie (Lola Campbell), a resourceful 12-year-old girl who secretly lives alone in her flat in a working class suburb of London following the death of her mother. She makes money stealing bikes with her best friend Ali (Alin Uzun) and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle. Out of nowhere, her estranged father Jason (Harris Dickinson; Triangle of Sadness, Beach Rats) arrives and forces her to confront reality. Uninterested in this sudden new parental figure, Georgie is stubbornly resistant to his efforts. As they adjust to their new circumstances, Georgie and Jason find that they both still have a lot of growing up to do. Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Scrapper is full of spirit, humor, and formal inventiveness that sets it apart from much of British working-class cinema. Dickinson and remarkable newcomer Campbell imbue irresistible charm into this moving and frequently hilarious story of two emotionally tangled people: a grieving kid thrust into adulthood and a father in over his head.

Director: Charlotte Regan
Producer: Theo Barrowclough
Screenwriter: Charlotte Regan
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Great Point Media, DMC Film, British Film Institute (BFI), BBC Film
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 25, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 10, 2023
Box Office (Gross USA): $212.1K
Runtime: 1h 24m

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