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A different way of telling a story

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I am a big fan of the series, despite its having a few minor faults. It varies quite a lot from the book, more so as the series progress. I find Sugar particularly to be a very believable character, and it is good to see a real, uncensored teenage character being shown on terrestrial television. She drinks, smokes, takes drugs, is foul-mouthed, promiscuous and completely non-PC, and in my opinion is a much more realistic representation of a teenager than is usually seen, particularly in these teen drama type shows. Kim too is a believable character, and I think many teenage girls could identify with what she goes through. However, I do think that the writers could have perhaps focused a bit more on her struggle to identify her sexuality - she goes from an innocent, virginal type character to a wild, sex-crazed lesbian with hardly any time to stop and ponder her sexual preferences. I find it hard to believe that any teenager could be so quick to identify as gay without the slightest bit of confusion or worry. Also, she never officially comes out to her parents, and we just assume that after Series 1 ends that they, ahem, 'figure it out'. I think they could have done much better to have shown a realistic parent-teenager 'coming out' conversation, as this would be something a lot of viewers could relate to. In Series 1 Sugar Rush gets a little more far-fetched, and Saint is a bit of a two-dimensional character, but it's still a brilliant show, and I can't wait for Series 3! (supposedly coming to Channel 4 in around March 2007, or so I've heard)

OK i Loooovvveee Sugar rush and have recently bought the book and series one and town on DVD!!! I had been watching the series on TV for a while and was quite shocked when the book was completely different to the series main similarity was the names!!!! but still i enjoyed it!! The performances but all r outstanding and have made me cry and laugh and relate the show works on so many levels for son many people!!! Only thing is that the songs on the DVD r not the ones on the TV so i was wondering if anyone would send me a full list of songs from TV for series one and two and a full song list of songs from DVD series one and two i would be forever grateful!!! my email address is jennabrown6@yahoo.co.uk or even if u could send me a site to go to that would give me that information!!! any help would be grateful!! Thanx xxxx

I love the series of sugar rush because I an relate to it so much, And I really feel as though I am feeling the the same feelings that Kim is, I have been there...But its aways nice to look back. I think that the series was good which is why now i have ordered the book off amazon, I am on my second chapter in it but the girls names seems to be saint and not sugar, The series I loved it though so i am not going to knock the book just yet because I am only 1 chapter into it! I wish there was more programmes like this, most of the time i find myself watching sugar rush over and over again, I hope there is a second series I cant wait, and the first series was well worth the money i paid for the DVD!

First thing's first. Perhaps at the grand ole' age of 21 I'm too old to have a valid opinion on teenage fiction but the book the TV show is based on is, as 15 year-olds round my way like to say, a pile of crud. The fact that Channel 4 even considered adapting such a waste of trees for prime-time TV amazes me. What amazes me even more, however, is what a great job they made of it throughout this 10-part series. Although the fast-paced narration and eye-assaulting camera-work give it a "yoof drama" feel that belies the 18-cert sex and swearing, the acting is of a consistently high standard (Olivia Hallinan could well be the next Charlotte Coleman) and the script pleasingly sharp. Some of the characters are impressively well-drawn. Go down to any shopping centre in the country on a Saturday afternoon and you'll find ten versions of the central character Sugar. Nathan the houseproud father and Dale the dim handyman are also convincing even though Stella and Matt are far-fetched. My only real gripe with the show is the characterisation of 15 year-old Kim. As someone whose life was made miserable by largely internalised sexuality issues a couple of years later than that, I felt that at times her wry, breezy narration of her adversity was not entirely realistic for somebody of that age (even someone of her supposed intelligence and maturity) in that big a situation. Then again, fiction is fiction and some of the lighter moments made me laugh out loud. I am very glad they released it on DVD, as it is something fit to be enjoyed again and again.