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I love this movie so much

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

10 rated movies in my book are few and far between. In all the movies I've seen I have maybe given out this highest rating a dozen times. What are some of the elements that garnish this rating? The obvious well directed and well acted attributes are there as well as a wonderful intriguing script. The fact that the language spoken in this film is English and needs subtitles is an added fascinating element which only adds to the story itself. You are almost tempted not to read the subtitles and guess what the actors are saying. And it fascinates me as a sidebar to the main thrust of the movie. But the ending is what got me. All artists try to make a product that is outside the box. And I have never seen a better example of that than this film. Without giving away plot lines of the film, you walk away with a something very thought provoking which in itself is the mark of a great film.Do you remember a comedy show "Monty Python"? The writers approach was to never really end a skit as sometimes a punchline is a let-down. So they would write skits and then right in the middle of the script it would end. Take that concept and apply it to this gripping gritty film. The end credits role and you say to yourself "Huh?! It's over?" Then about five minutes later you understand where the director was trying to lead you and you realize the brilliance of this film. For days later you will be thinking of the film and draw your own conclusions of what transpired afterwords with several (I counted four) plots never coming to a conclusion. And the feeling of Liam's somewhat futile love for his mother sets in and rips at your heart. And you find yourself actually rooting for a drug dealer. Now that's something.I can only imagine the writer giving the plot line to the producer and trying to sell it. The producer would say "What? You think I'm going to put money into that? Who would see it?" I must disagree with an earlier review of this film on this site that says you would not want to watch it again. In fact, I would argue if it appeared on a channel and you came across it you would most definitely put the remote down and watch it again.

If I had to summarize this film in as few of words as possible, I'd say this: Sweet Sixteen is basically about a teenager who tries desperately to please his emotionally - and oftentimes physically - absent mother. It's about how very young people come to be criminals and drug dealers and the like. In a word, they either learn it from their parents, or they learn it from their friends, who in turn learn it from their parents. Or a combination of both. I liked this movie for the same reason I didn't like this movie -- it's very honest. I've always lived in nice places my entire life, but I have family members who this movie is basically exactly like how they live/d their lives and got involved in all sorts of bad things. It hit a little too close to home for me to like it very much. It may be necessary for people who want to know why some young people are so destructive, but if you already know the answer to that, you won't gleam any new philosophic insights from this movie. All in all, it's not a bad film, but the honesty and the intensity disturbed me a little bit. If you're bored or feeling like a melancholy movie or just randomly want to hear some heavy Scottish accents, I'd recommend it, but not if you know people who began screwing up their lives at a very young age, because then it'll just leave you sad. It doesn't really offer any solutions.

Loach does it again - he could make a film of himself boiling an egg and it would still be the best thing ever. There is one scene in which the protagonist has to prove himself by stabbing someone - I shan't spoil it for you but the denouement provoked several loud gasps from the (normally very restrained art-house cinema) audience. I had to half carry my wife out of this one at the end, she was so distraught, but don't let this put you off - this is adrenaline film making, taking you to an edge and dropping you off it. The man's a genius - but if you're not up to the misery of this film then watch Bread and Roses instead - it's awesome too, but happier, and inspires you big time! Well done loach

An awful, depressing movie about a 15 year old kid. He has a mother in jail, a stepfather and grandfather who beat him and call him a c***, a*******, and d******* among other things. The kid (Liam), decides to get his mother a caravan (trailer home) as a surprise when she gets out of jail for an unknown crime. In order to get the money, he sells cocaine with his "best friend". However, his revengeful friend burns down the caravan after Liam becomes a pawn to a powerful drug lord. I stopped watching at the part when Liam's "best friend" begins to commit suicide because Liam isn't "man enough" to murder him. All the characters spoke in a Scottish accent, because that was where the movie was set. The accent didn't bother me, however, trying to decipher what was going on with all the "f****** c****!" in the dialogue was torture if you didn't have subtitles. I heard more cuss words in that movie than I have in my entire life.Don't waste your time. It's depressing and one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time.