Deborah Ross

Magnificent: Pretty Red Dress reviewed

This debut feature starring a former X Factor winner shows why you should never judge a book by its cover

Alexandra Burke as Candice in Pretty Red Dress. Photo: Adam Scarth / BFI  
issue 17 June 2023

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.

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