Sweet Sixteen

Loach berättar som synes både med hjärta och vrede - och med en aldrig kompromissande brutal uppriktighet.

...is raised high by a storming debut from Martin Compston. The Scottish teenager carries the movie like a veteran, drawing us right into the tragic heart of Liam's dilemma.

...there's sweetness of a sort, an elusive sort, to be found in his tremendously powerful, occasionally grimly humorous new movie...

It's movies like Sweet Sixteen that keep us honest.