Sugar Rush
Sugar Rush
| 07 June 2005 (USA)
SEASON & EPISODES
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    Hellen

    I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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    Protraph

    Lack of good storyline.

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    MamaGravity

    good back-story, and good acting

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    Nayan Gough

    A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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    andrewslamb

    I caught the first series of Sugar Rush on Channel 4 when it was screened but missed the second series. I bought them both last week and what a great time I have had catching up and getting to know what happened in the second series. Basically Sugar Rush is a coming of age drama, Kim Daniels(wonderfully played by the deliciously cute Olivia Hallinan)starts out as a closet lesbian who is love with her best friend Maria "Sugar" Sweet,(again a great performance from Lenora Crichlow who plays Sugar as a selfish but reliable friend to Kim) as the first series goes on we see how the girls friendship grows and lasts through various challenges such as Kim coming out to her friend. The second series builds on the first and introduces the character of Saint(Sarah) as played by Sarah Jane Potts,played wonderfully.In Season 2 there are trials and tribulations before she and Kim get together in the final episode. The final scene with the three girls all together is moving and funny. Kim has all she ever wanted a girl to love and her best friend staying with her. A big call goes out to the supporting cast the wonderful cast with Sara Stewart playing the wonderfully immature Stella and Richard Lumsden as the pinny wearing father, Nathan. A final call goes to Kurtis O'Brian who plays Kim's young brother who goes from believing he is from another planet to being a transvestite in season 2.Al in all a great piece of drama, well written, well performed and it makes one think about growing up, friendship love and the struggles therein. One major disappointment is that Channel 4 haven't vouched for a third season. Ah well maybe one day!!

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    libster23

    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!

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    bandwagonesque_91

    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.

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    Jackson Booth-Millard

    I admit when I first saw the advert I was interested in the lesbian storyline, but it turned out to be much more than that, it turned out to be one of the best British dramas I have seen in years. Basically attractive Kim (Olivia Hallinan) is a virgin obsessed with her best friend, the gorgeous Maria "Sugar" Sweet (Lenora Crichlow), and she knows she is a genuine lesbian by the end, when they do finally get each other. It is when Sugar gets arrested that Kim moves on and finds love with sex shop owner and DJ, Saint (Sarah-Jane Potts), and they really struggle to cope with all the distractions around them, and that includes Sugar. The sub-plot also sees Kim's parents, dad Nathan (Richard Lumsden) and mum Stella (Sara Stewart) first coping with an affair, and then becoming more interested in sex with other people, i.e. swinging. Oh, and you see Kim's brother Matt (Kurtis O'Brien) a couple of times too. It is serious, it is funny, and it is brilliantly written, a great adaptation of some popular books (by Julie Burchill). It was nominated the BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series "production team", and it won the International Emmy for Children and Young People UK. Very good!

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