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When kids reach the in-between tween years, they seem to be pretty sure that they’re grown up and can handle themselves—no matter what their parents may say. But in Scrapper, a self-sufficient young girl finds herself living in the care of a man who has no idea how to be a parent.
Scrapper finds 12-year-old Georgie (Lola Campbell) living alone in the flat that she once shared with her late mother. She’s convinced her social workers that she’s living with an uncle named Winston Churchill, and she steals bikes with her best friend, Ali (Alin Uzun), to pay the bills. She’s pretty sure she doesn’t need anyone else. But then Jason (Harris Dickinson), the dad she’s never met, shows up at her door, determined to step in and take care of her. And no matter what she tries, she just can’t seem to get rid of him.
As Georgie and Jason struggle to figure out how to be in each other’s lives, the characters are forced to grow and change and adjust—and viewers will fall in love with them and their story of grief and new beginnings and growing up.
Georgie is such an adorable character—this tough, resourceful, street-smart young girl who thinks she’s got it all figured out. After all, she’s figured out how to support herself, how to keep the social workers off her back, and even how to work through the stages of grief. Yet there’s also something here that’s so lost, so hurt, and so childlike. And though she really doesn’t feel like she can trust this guy who says he’s her dad, he keeps trying to connect with her in his own adorably awkward ways—and, slowly, reluctantly, she decides that she’s just going to have to put up with it.
Together, these two make an absolutely lovable pair: this determined young girl who’s been forced to grow up too quickly and the clueless but altogether earnest dad who never really grew up. Both of the stars give strong, funny, moving performances—and they give the story the perfect blend of playfulness and heart.
Scrapper is such a charming film—a story of two people who were lost in their own ways finding something they didn’t know they needed in each other. It’s sweet and honest and uplifting—with a cast that will leave you wanting to spend more time with the characters.
Check your local listings to find if Scrapper is playing in a theater near you.
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