Pretty Red Dress is a debut feature starring a one-time X Factor winner so, you know, kill me now. But it’s a thin week and I’ll cut it some slack and be kind, like it says on the T-shirts. That was my thinking, because, as is now obvious, I can be a patronising fool. This
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Subverting expectations at every turn, this compassionate family drama from the debut director Dionne Edwards opens like a classic ex-con rite of passage. Travis (Natey Jones, flawless) is newly released from prison. He’s tough. He’s hard. He’s adored by his girlfriend and wannabe West End singer Candice (an authoritative Alexandra Burke, the X Factor winner).
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He just likes to get pretty sometimes. Written and directed by Dionne Edwards, Pretty Red Dress is a solid debut that playfully investigates expectations of…