27 May '11

“Real life TV about paedophiles always leaves me with more questions than answers, as I can’t get my head round how some people get their sexual kicks from babies and young children. This one was no exception. We… got no closer to understanding why some of those who are abused go on to be abusers.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“Thank you, director Ashley Gething, for including some virtue in your film. Its insights into human nature were otherwise desperately bleak.”
Andrew Billen, The Times

“The problem with the Cutting Edge series, from a reviewer’s perspective, is that there’s not that much to say. There’s always a lot of information to regurgitate, often something positive to note about the direction, pace, that sort of thing. But rarely a huge amount more. This is because they’re always quite good. Quite good, not amazing, definitely not about to change your life.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent

“At the end Sultan said that he just wanted to have a normal life. If he does, he would do well to steer clear of the next film crew that comes knocking.”
John Crace, The Guardian

“What’s harder to see, except when a sensitive director takes the time to show us, is what a different perspective you have when you’re 8ft tall.”
Matt Baylis, Daily Express

“It wasn’t quite the hideous prospect it appeared.”
Alice-Azania Jarvis, The Independent