That said, it does the film no harm at all, as it turns out, even if there’s a nice contrast between the budget the film was made for, and the cost of the event it’s clearly pointing towards. The contrast between the backgrounds of Shania and Lily is an obvious direction for the film to take, perhaps, and their relationship is as friction-filled as you’d expect. But it does work. In particular, Lenora Crichlow – of Being Human fame – has to do a lot of the heavy lifting here as Shania. She’s given the greater share of screen time, and she’s a character you can’t help but root for. Crichlow is excellent in her first big movie lead role. The screenplay, penned by Clarke, in conjunction with Jay Basu and Roy Williams, is based on solid foundations, and wisely keeps things moving along at pace. After all, the genre of the sporting adversity movie is, ultimately, generally a journey to an ending that sees all concerned as big winners or valiant losers, and Fast Girls plays within those parameters. It adds enough interesting side characters – with welcome appearances from Phil Davis and Rupert Graves – to offset the familiarity of much of the tale we’re being told. Crucially, though, you do end up caring about the result of the big race come the film’s final act. Only the romantic subplot doesn’t quite gel. Fast Girls, ultimately, is a film that knows what beats it wants to hit, and goes about doing so comfortably well. It’s a bright, commercial popcorn feature, that’s got just enough to it to make it round the track. Inevitably, there’s a sense that you’ve seen quite a lot of this before – there’s no radical shaking up of the formula, here – but that doesn’t dilute the fact that Fast Girls serves as a perfectly entertaining night out at the flicks. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.

title: “Fast Girls Review” ShowToc: true date: “2025-08-01” author: “William Gonzalez”

That said, it does the film no harm at all, as it turns out, even if there’s a nice contrast between the budget the film was made for, and the cost of the event it’s clearly pointing towards. The contrast between the backgrounds of Shania and Lily is an obvious direction for the film to take, perhaps, and their relationship is as friction-filled as you’d expect. But it does work. In particular, Lenora Crichlow – of Being Human fame – has to do a lot of the heavy lifting here as Shania. She’s given the greater share of screen time, and she’s a character you can’t help but root for. Crichlow is excellent in her first big movie lead role. The screenplay, penned by Clarke, in conjunction with Jay Basu and Roy Williams, is based on solid foundations, and wisely keeps things moving along at pace. After all, the genre of the sporting adversity movie is, ultimately, generally a journey to an ending that sees all concerned as big winners or valiant losers, and Fast Girls plays within those parameters. It adds enough interesting side characters – with welcome appearances from Phil Davis and Rupert Graves – to offset the familiarity of much of the tale we’re being told. Crucially, though, you do end up caring about the result of the big race come the film’s final act. Only the romantic subplot doesn’t quite gel. Fast Girls, ultimately, is a film that knows what beats it wants to hit, and goes about doing so comfortably well. It’s a bright, commercial popcorn feature, that’s got just enough to it to make it round the track. Inevitably, there’s a sense that you’ve seen quite a lot of this before – there’s no radical shaking up of the formula, here – but that doesn’t dilute the fact that Fast Girls serves as a perfectly entertaining night out at the flicks. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.