07-08-2020 08:00 via theguardian.com

Perfect 10 review – teen drama marks the arrival of a special talent

Eva Riley’s debut feature is a dazzling coming-of-age tale lit up by a pair of remarkable first-time performancesNot quite a perfect 10. But still, Scottish director Eva Riley smashes it with her debut feature, a gritty and tender portrait of a teenage gymnast who meets her half-brother for the first time. It’s a drama in the social-realist tradition of Ken Loach and Andrea Arnold, with whom Riley shares an instinct for working with first-time actors. Her young stars – Frankie
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