A team of rivals

They're the Fast Girls and they know how to move!
Fast Girls is a winning, flag-waving movie about two rival sprinters: sassy Shania (played by Lenora Crichlow), who runs in old spikes and has none of the advantages of Lisa (Lily James), an entitled brat who has everything but her father’s love.
They loathe each other at first sight when they race for a place in the British athletic team.
A track coach, played by Noel Clarke, puts Shania in the relay sprint team with Lisa and sparks really fly.
The film’s writers - the multi- talented Clarke, Jay Basu and Roy Williams - build up the rivalry between the two young women and invest the tale with enough twists and turns to keep us interested.
Ms Crichlow, who was in the BBC3 drama Being Human and the TV show Sugar Rush, anchors the film beautifully. Her character has the kind of attitude that got my attention.
Ms James’s Lisa looks the perfect blonde, but she has been psychologically wounded by her father and she uses sport as an escape.
The film, which owes a lot to the template of Gurinder Chadha’s Bend It Like Beckham, has been skilfully directed by Regan Hall and, even though you know how it will end, my spirits were lifted, as will the nation’s when it opens here on June 15.
Merlin heartthrob Bradley James, Lorraine Burroughs (from Dr Who) and newcomers Lashana Lynch, Dominique Tipper and Hannah Frankson all have important roles.


Producer Damian Jones told me the word ‘Olympics’ could not be mentioned in the film for copyright reasons, but it’s a fabulous way to get the country in the mood for the Games, and the picture’s far more exciting than the high-minded, mind-numbing cultural Olympiad events that our artistic betters have planned for us.
‘It’s a great combination of girl power and sporting prowess,’ said Jones, who was behind Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning The Iron Lady.
The UK Film Council, which has been absorbed by the BFI, developed the picture with backing from film companies StudioCanal and Aegis, plus sponsorship from Aviva, Nike and Puma.


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