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Plain Sailing
T
aking the cinemas by We follow the journey of Zak’s maturity. The Empire gave a
storm, sailing across the character and his not so Plain very postive review on saying its
nation. Plain Sailing a Sailing life, taking you on an ‘Its’s the best coming of age film
short film created by Stepping emotional journey of the confus- since Angus Thongs’ This re-
Stone Production has recently ing time of being a teenager. view boosted the popularity of
been released in cinemas in the Stepping Stone Productions is a the film as it won the hearts of

“Takes the crown

UK and will be released world brand new up the nation.
wide after it’s UK premier. Plain and coming Comapred
Sailing was under the critique of p r o d u c t i o n from Angus Thongs” to Angus
many other film producers and team with re- Thongs it
film review companies such as portedly more projects in the took more of a real life feel to it.
Pearl and Dean, Rotten toma- pipe line with the potential to be
toes, empire and other newspa- evenbetter than Plain Sailing. The question is, What can they
per representatives. Empire The ironic words used in the do next? The production team
described it as “Truly Remark- title, make this film ever so more wanted to create a realistic
able”. Plain sailing is a unique of a nation wide phenomenon coming of age film to attract

coming of “I wasn’t always this globally. The this to get the audience to re-
young adult soon to be their target audience. They did

age
with
film,
Zak
hopless” use of Plain late to the film so they would
Sailing when understand and give the mes-
Wooton playing the role of Isaac viewing the film leaves you alm- sage that life doesn’t always
the introverted, young adult who sot in disbelief becuase his life need to be difficult and you can
has lost his way in life and seeks is a complete mess and doesn’t always seek help from close
help to get him back on know how to turn it around, it’s friends
track.Isaac’s troubles go from not Plain Sailing for him. Zak Verdict
bad to worse, panicking about Wooton, David Parker, Demi- A young adult film like no other,

*****
his exams results and then his Leigh Jones and Liam Davies definitely set the new bar for all
love life takes a turn for the all stars of Plain Sailing manage coming of age films.
worst. He loses Anna played by to portray such strong roles giv- 4.5/5
Demi-Leigh Jones and fully loses ing the audience how tough
sight of what he needs to do. teenage life can be and through

Written by : Sam Guest 25th April 2018 Page 117

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