An odd-couple friendship between an ageing drag queen with terminal cancer and a gender-fluid rising star on the cabaret circuit, Tucked has a lot in common with its older protagonist. Like the film, 80-year-old Jackie (Derren Nesbitt) is rough around the edges and not exactly light on her feet. But she is big of heart and has a certain unvarnished charm. Adding considerably to the film’s appeal is Jordan Stephens, who is magnetic as Faith, a wrecking ball of fabulousness who crashes into Jackie’s life just at the moment when it’s about to fade away. The grainy intimacy of the photography compliments the abrasive stubble rub of these prickly, sometimes difficult characters.
