A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
The target tween audience deserve something less formulaic and trite.
Despite the whiff of soap, this should get you in the mood for the Olympic summer.
The cookie-cutter, underdog-triumphs plot makes this family-friendly film feel more like StreetDance-in-spikes than Chariots Of Fire.
This flag-waving underdog sports movie proves that formula sometimes works well enough when executed with enough good cheer.
The result is a refreshingly different picture released just in time for a certain athletics competition coming up.
While the end might never be in doubt, there are some neat moments on the way to the finish line.
This is benign, family-friendly fare (not as cool, edgy or sexy as I anticipated) and a cheerful enough warm up to the Olympics.
Fast Girls feels like the great-niece of the venerable Chariots of Fire: smart, unpretentious, with a great burst of speed.
From the starting gun this is inspirational be-all-that-you-can-be stuff, low on originality but so goodhearted that you may find yourself cheering them to the finishing-line.
Even before the starting pistol fires, we know where the story’s going but the two leads are believable, with their rivalry bringing grit to the story.
Amiable sports movie.
Disappointing.
It may fleetingly excite but overall Fast Girls gives the impression of a film that’s merely biding time in anticipation of its emotional if utterly predictable climax.
Dedicated to going for gold
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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