Lollipop

Name: Lollipop
Director: Daisy-May Hudson
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Cast: Posy Sterling, Idil Ahmed, TerriAnn Cousins, Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads, Luke Howitt

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Drama

2024
Daisy-May Hudson
100 mins
15

Summary

Social drama starring Posy Sterling. Recently released from a short stint in prison, Molly discovers her two young children have been removed from the care of their grandmother and are now with a foster family. While attempting to regain custody, Molly faces an onslaught of obstacles both personal and bureaucratic.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

Heartbreaking in the extreme and extraordinarily well acted, Lollipop sees debut feature director Daisy-May Hudson drawing from her personal experience of homelessness and hostel-living. The film follows Molly (Posy Sterling) as she's released from prison following a short stretch only to find herself sleeping rough. As she succumbs to the frustrations associated with her predicament, the prospect of getting her young children (Tegan-Mia Stanley Rhoads and Luke Howitt) back from foster care grows slimmer by the second. Sterling gives a raw, raging turn as a flawed yet desperately devoted mother. TerriAnn Cousins plays Molly's heavy drinking mum, and Idil Ahmed is an old college friend who offers Molly a shoulder to cry on, while struggling with her own housing situation. The film boasts a Loachian sense of injustice as it illustrates Molly's plight and the bureaucratic nightmare she becomes caught up in. It's an essential example of British cinema banging a drum for those whose voices go unheard.

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6.7/10