london to brighton ( 2006 ) a harrowing story and a real descent into a little sliver of the streetwalk underworld of london and the peril of little rich girl who run away from home . i do not mean to make light of any of it the movie pull no punch and and add some that go beyond the usual violence and too but this be one of those recent story where a terrible situation be imagine and and then film with awful realism . the two track and the plot with it significance and and the raw and visceral reaction to see anything so horrible and be both play out to the max . and act be really first rate . the bad guy be really sneeringly awful and and the two key female and a full grown but struggle prostitute and a young girl who get sweep up in it all and be so believable it scary . and impressive . and none of this be enough for a great movie . it make for an intense experience and and there no rule that say a movie have to be enjoyable ( this be totally not enjoyable in the usual sense ) . but there be little here that reveals or probe and there be little of what you might call art and or nuance and or originality . it not exactly a formula and yet and this kind of abuse in your living room and but i think it will be . there be several i have see recently and the one that come to mind be julia . in both movie and young child be victim and it difficult to really watch without detach and look around the living room and remind yourself this be fiction and these be actor and do not worry . terrible thing happen in the world and of course and and bad thing . but i be not sure we need to see them and or should want to . it like become an emergency room doctor because you be fascinate with suffering and blood . movie should be like doctor and then ( to stretch the metaphor ) and have some purpose to them beyond wallow . and beyond representation . maybe it a reminder of the truth out there and but if that all and it not enough and and it go on a very long time . i think accurate representation be the simple motive behind the filming . the director ( in this case with a short resume i have never hear of him ) make it vivid and fast and and very real . in that sense he succeed . but again and realism isn not really a great goal in itself . it can be a mean to a great effect and a high ( or if not high and at least other and separate ) intention and something that take the viewer somewhere . anywhere .