Sweet Sixteen
Aroview: A bleak, yet curiously uplifting portrait of teenage high-spirits run awry in working class Scotland.
Anchored by a youthfully charismatic turn from Martin Compston, as a 15-year old who cheerfully tries to solve his family's dire problems with entrepeneurial money-raising schemes, the drama becomes steadily more complex as he journeys into the lucrative realm of heroin dealing. Scripted by the writer of MY NAME IS JOE, this again packs the punch of a sympathetic perspective being brought to bear on trying circumstances - with portions of flippancy and wit that are gratifyingly generous.
NZ International Film Festival 2003
Member Reviews
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4 stars (Very Good) Gritty story of Liam, a 15-year-old with youthful aspirations to help his mother who's about to be released from prison, and save her from her drug pushing boyfriend and a mean-spirited grandfather. Bitter-sweet, but more bitter than sweet. ~GenXGirl
DVD Features
- audio commentary
- English subtitles for the hearing impaired
- 'making of' documentary / featurette
- trailers
- aspect ratio: 16:9
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