1. Sweet Sixteen - Rotten Tomatoes
Martin Compston gives a great performance in this sad and uncomfortably realistic coming of age film. A brilliant film by one of the United Kingdoms most prized ...
While Liam (Martin Compston) waits for his mother to be released from prison, he aggressively resists the demands of his stepfather and grandfather that he use his mother as a drug mule. Liam dreams of a better life for her, and decides that when she gets out of jail he will take her far away from their family and their former life. However, this plan requires money, so Liam gets it the only way he knows how -- by stealing his stepfather's drugs and selling them on the street.
2. Sweet Sixteen movie review & film summary (2003) - Roger Ebert
At the end of “Sweet Sixteen,” we see no hope in the story, but there is hope in the film itself, because to look at the conditions of Liam's life is to ask why ...
"Sweet Sixteen" is set in Scotland and acted in a local accent so tricky it needs to be subtitled. Yet it could take place in any American city, in this time
3. Sweet Sixteen (2002) directed by Ken Loach • Reviews, film + cast
Watching it now I can appreciate this for the impressive piece of Scottish cinema that it is. Sad, funny, gritty and moving. Kern · Review by Kern.
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
4. Review: Sweet Sixteen - Slant Magazine
24 apr 2003 · Sweet Sixteen gives counterpoint to his bad behavior in tranquil, rain-specked images of Port Glasgow, a winding river, gravel beds and ...
It’s movies like Sweet Sixteen that keep us honest.
5. Sweet Sixteen (2002) - Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Inevitably though, things start to go sour, and events get complicated and ultimately violent. The unforseen conclusion to the film reminds us that Liam was ...
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6. Sweet Sixteen (2002) - BFI Screenonline
Although the film presents an uncompromising and grim reality, there are fleeting moments of humour and tenderness and Loach , characteristically, handles his ...
Bleak portrait of a Scottish teenager coping with drugs and poverty
7. Sweet Sixteen | BBFC
The film deals with poverty, violence, drug dealing and teenage crime. However, the key classification issue for the BBFC was strong language - the film's ...
The film Sweet Sixteen deals with the life of teenager Liam (Martin Compston), growing up in the tough estates of Greenock, Scotland.
8. Movies Watched -- Sweet Sixteen (2002) - Maoxian
15 feb 2024 · 106 minute running time so about 10 minutes too long ... more stories of delinquent Scottish youth ... a Ken Loach movie.
In Scottish (needs subtitles) … 106 minute running time so about 10 minutes too long … more stories of delinquent Scottish youth … a Ken Loach movie, I should have known (he also made Kes (1969), which is one of the greatest movies of all time … I, Daniel Blake also wasn’t bad). This movie wasn’t ba
9. Sweet Sixteen (Film, 2002) - MovieMeter.nl
Drama film geregisseerd door Ken Loach. Met Martin Compston, William Ruane en Annmarie Fulton.
10. Ken Loach: Sweet Sixteen - BFI Screenonline
Ultimately, Liam's determination leads to his tragic downfall; at the film's end his future seeming even more bleak and uncertain. This tour takes you behind ...
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11. Sweet Sixteen (2002) Review | The Film Magazine
19 mei 2020 · Sweet Sixteen (2002) Director: Ken Loach Screenwriter: Paul Laverty Starring: Martin Compston, Michelle Coulter, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane.
Ken Loach and Paul Laverty film 'Sweet Sixteen' (2002), telling the tale of a non-educated delinquent in small-town Scotland, packs a tremendously heavy punch. Mark Cornachan reviews.
12. Sweet Sixteen | Movies - The Guardian
3 okt 2002 · In that film, back in 1969, school was important. In this one, 33 years later, Liam's mum timidly asks him how his schoolwork is going and ...
Peter Bradshaw: Loach's social-realist drama, written by his longtime collaborator Paul Laverty, is a distinctive, piercingly serious vision