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Sweet Sixteen

2002

Ken Loach

Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane, Michelle Abercromby ...

7.2

7,593

Drama Liam is a young, restless teen struggling to realize his dream in the gritty and dismal streets of Glasgow, where unemployment is rampant and little hope is available to the city's youth. He is waiting for the release of his mother, Jean, from prison where she is completing a prison term for a crime that her boyfriend actually committed. Her boyfriend, Stan, is a crude and obnoxious drug pusher is partnered by Liam's equally rough and ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Alan Morrison Empire	"A moving and accessible little brother for My Name Is Joe (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Loach provides a sense of purpose that leaves no room for sentimentality (...) If the movie weren't teeming with life, it might seem rather perfunctory."
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"Sweet Sixteen puts a very human face on the plight of the socially disadvantaged in modern Britain (...) the real find of the film is professional footballer Compston who is completely at ease before the cameras"
		Jamie Russell BBC	"Sparkling with wit and insight, the drama never loses sight of the social and economic factors that drive these characters towards their fate."
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Loach is a super-realist, and Sweet Sixteen has the disarming feel of a documentary. It's a film that miraculously catches life on the fly, without apparent embellishment, cliche or melodrama."
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"It's one of the most emotional and compelling the filmmaker has ever made. Confident, uncompromising and blisteringly realistic, Sweet Sixteen is a gritty and immediate film yet it goes right to the emotions."

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