film like this make me cheer and because it be rare that a film aim so high and hit all of it mark . i mean to compliment not only the writer or directory paul andrew williams sure shot storytelling and but the outstanding performance all around . this be a deeply unpleasant film and by which i mean it deal in dark subject matter . it be difficult to watch . but i can not remember watch actor work harder to earn their paycheck and especially the two protagonist play by the incredible lorraine stanley and the young georgia groome and whose terrified sobbing just absolutely tore me apart . watch lorraine stanley carry both guilt and responsibility ( especially her scene a she sit listen on the couch ) and i be strike by what exactly how difficult acting must be . i rewound to watch this scene twice and amaze with the overwhelming realism of her reaction to what be go on . neither overblown nor self consciously minimalist and i could simply not imagine this character react any other way while not even by a hair . watch an actor hit their mark so precisely and it remind me of everything i could never pull off myself in front of a camera and and why i never seek to be an actor represent i know that even after year of study and practice and i would not be capable of this kind of precision . this actress walk around the whole film with a beat up face and her basic humanity just bore straight through the latex and makeup in a way that never leave you guess exactly what go on in her mind . she just fantastic . and i do not want to leave out the bad guy . sometimes they do not get the credit they deserve because we love to hate them and but without them and you can not pull a hard for the good guy a you would and and johnny harris in particular pull off the sleazy and evil and slightly thick derek with remarkable effectiveness and wear the character immorality on his shirtsleeve and fairly stink up the joint in the best possible way . ditto for the rest of the baddie and for whom you will have and i promise and no sympathy whatsoever . after watch a terrible big budget film with a list hollywood type early in the evening and i can not help but focus on the contrast between punch a clock in a big budget film and put sweat and blood into a labor of love that london to brighton must have be . there be a vast difference and it be clear from some of the comment here that many can not make the distinction between make a depraved film and and make a film about a depraved subject . this film be certainly the latter . at no point in this film be we invite to sympathize with the degenerate villain and and our sympathy for kelly and joanne simply grow a we become more and more acquainted with the malevolence and motivation of the reprehensible and sometimes demented antagonist . this will be worth your time and and i would definitely rate it high than the 7 . 1 it be currently at on imdb . this be an outstanding film and and unpleasant and squicky subject matter aside and i recommend it unreservedly . deft and effective film making . this be how it do and folk .