Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
UnowPriceless
hyped garbage
Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Elle Smith
I wasn't that fond of this film if I'm going to be truthfull. The acting was good for a low budget film and the storyline was quite good but most of it was just confusing. I have met some Scottish people in my life and i understood them but the accent in this was unbelievably strong, i might as well have put it on mute. I enjoyed the realism of the film and i could actually believe it happened. I got confused at the end when Liam was on the beach and on the phone to Chantelle, i couldn't understand the phone call. I also though Liams 16th birthday party was a housewarming party, the mis-en-scen clearly didn't impress me that much. Give it a watch if you like gritty British films with crude language
j a lowe-sanchez
Howard Shumann's comments are somewhat good, but a bit distorted... I wonder if he actually watched this movie.... A few points to correct: Where it says that Liam met "expected circumstances" after he stole drugs from his step-father, Stan, and that Stan and his buddies beat up Liam after this incident.... Stan actually beat up Liam after Liam refused to pass drugs on to his mother while she was in jail. The only other participant (buddy), was Liam's grandfather, who watched. It was AFTER this incident that Liam moved in with his sister, Chantelle. It was AFTER this incident that Liam stole the drugs from Stan. Stan never knew he stole them. Liam was then noticed in the drug selling "arena" by the local big drug dealers and hired by them. It was also AFTER he was hired by them (not before as in HS's comments) that he used the pizza delivery mopeds to deliver drugs. He worked for the pizza delivery... .that's why they were so "friendly" as he calls it.Overall, it was a pretty good "B" movie... entertaining. It was especially fun to try to figure out what the Scots were saying in their quick, broken dialect... it is subtitled in the "Queen's English".
John Hyland
This film was a close study film for my AS Film Studies examination, and I have honestly fell in love with it.It sends a striking message towards how the 'not so better off' side of society have to live and perform their day to day routine.Ken Loach is a director who's purpose is to point out these 'bad points' of life and show them in a different light so that everybody can relate and understand that dramatic lifestyle.Martin Compston is amazing as Liam, showing humour, pain, humiliation and above all commitment to his chosen path.I agree completely with Ken Loach's and Paul Laverty's disgust at the film being certified as an 18. I am 17 and can completely relate to the language used by the characters within the story - that is how teens today speak!
quibix
This film is eerily similar to another movie, set & shot half-way around the globe. Check out, "Once Were Warriors", a New Zealand production that addresses many of the same issues. "Once Were Warriors" is about an inner-city Maori family that's forced to deal with the exact same social issues, such as impoverishment, dysfunction, violence, all of it. Jake, one of the lead characters in, "Once Were Warriors", resembles the, "Sweet Sixteen", character, Liam, in that both these guys will stop at absolutely nothing to see their agendas through. Jake, like Liam, charges into situations to get things finished, come hell or high water. They both eventually lose out, because they went entirely too far. Like "Sweet Sixteen", "Once Were Warriors" isn't a sweet, heart-warming family movie! Still, it's well-made & definitely worth seeing.
