Slalom

Much like the classic Enid Blyton books, perhaps it requires the parents to be conveniently absent to allow the story to play out, but I must say that I found the mother's semi-attached role to be the least convincing here. Her almost complete lack of interest at the beginning makes it too easy to lay the blame at her door, whereas the reality is rather more complex and nuanced - which I think the film (and the rest of the cast) does very well to illustrate and explore. Given the content, I guess they were never going to use a real 15-year old to play the lead, but apart from the unconvincing age I think the lead here is excellent, as are the cinematography and sports content.

Recommended.