![]() Lena Headey as Saraya, Pugh as Paige and Nick Frost as Ricky Knight Both she and Lowden have learned enough moves and Norwich vowels to convince, and Frost is immensely enjoyable as the brash ex-con dad who thinks nothing of slamming a bowling ball into the crotch of a (consenting) wrestler on his books. Pugh is terrific, imbuing Paige with a persuasive mix of feistiness and fear, her Stateside experiences an effective reminder of the pangs of youthful homesickness. Both stories are intriguing but neither is fully developed, despite several superfluous scenes reiterating the same points and others striving for gags that don’t land.īut then there are the performances. ![]() ![]() Raya, now known as Paige, is close to her dream but struggling to fit in with the bikini babes, while Zak is stuck at home with a baby and a resentment that looks set to develop into full-blown mental-health issues. It’s here that writer-director Stephen Merchant (Cemetery Junction) makes the questionable decision to flit back and forth across the Atlantic to fill us in on both siblings’ lives.
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