Cast
Conner Chapman 
Shaun Thomas Sean Gilder 
Lorraine Ashbourne 
Ralph Ineson Ian Burfield
Credits
Written by: 
Clio Barnard
Plot
Two teenage boys in a poor area of Bradford, excluded from school, take up scrap metal collecting for a local dealer, and one is drawn into dangerous work, in a bleak, humane drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
A bleak and humane British drama.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (13,324 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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