Themes: Mothers and Daughters, Underdogs, Class Differences
Main Cast: Amanda Mealing, Joanna Ward, Jamie McIntosh, Jodie Smith, Richard Claxton
Release Year: 1997
Country: UK
Run Time: 97 minutes
Plot
In this coming-of-age drama set in England in 1972, Jacqueline Jones (Joanna Ward) is a 13-year-old girl who likes to run track and is teetering, both physically and emotionally, on the verge of adulthood. Jacqueline has a strained relationship with her single mother Vivienne (Amanda Mealing), who doesn't like to discuss Jacqueline's father (or even show her the picture she has of him), and is trying to deal with her new boyfriend Vic (Richard Bremmer). Jacqueline is very curious about sex and eager to lose her virginity, a subject her best friend Maxine (Jodie Smith) seems to know a great deal about. Maxine tries to fix her friend up with the right boy, but Jacqueline soon discovers that her naive enthusiasm about drugs and sex carries greater consequences than she had counted on. The Girl with Brains in Her Feet features a score of period-appropriate hits from such U.K. favorites as Slade and T. Rex. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Amanda Mealing - Vivienne Jones
Joanna Ward - Jacqueline Jones
Jamie McIntosh - Poor Bastard
Jodie Smith - Maxine
Richard Claxton - Steve Green
John Thomson - Mr. Loughborough; Gareth Tudor-Price - Mr. Roundhead; Samantha Wheatley - Miss Charnwood; Mossie Smith - Aunt Margaret; Richard Bremmer - Vic; Joshua Henderson - Dave Spencer (Spanner)
Credit
John Hand - Art Director, Alison Kerr - Associate Producer, Ros Hubbard - Casting, John Hubbard - Casting, Stephanie Mills - Co-producer, Henry Herbert - Co-producer, John Krausa - Costume Designer, Waldo Roeg - First Assistant Director, Roberto Bangura - Director, Adam Ross - Editor, Rob Lane - Composer (Music Score), Lynn Bird - Production Designer, Peter Butler - Cinematographer, Don Boyd - Producer, Lucy Pickering - Sound/Sound Designer, Jo Hodges - Screenwriter
