Pure
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings
- Summary: Set in the East-End of London, Pure is a story about the bond between a mother, her children and the pull of drugs. (Indican Pictures)
- Director: Gillies MacKinnon
- Genre(s): Drama
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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80Real kudos goes to Molly Parker, searing as a heroin-addicted mother immobilized by the death of her husband, and to a poised little boy named Harry Eden, who's astonishingly good as the 10-year-old son desperately trying to hold her to the straight and narrow.
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80Pure's lively and colorful cinematic style turns a "downer" story about grim lives and desperation into a powerful love story.
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75One of the movie's intriguing qualities is that its horrors take place within a world that is not as cruel and painful as we know it could be.
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60MacKinnon's film draws on his past as a youth worker and features a standout performance from first-time performer Harry Eden.
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AugieS.9Beautiful Story, great acting
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FerencvanD.8Harry Eden alone makes this film a moving tribute to love and strength.
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