Very clean and clear story telling, which is always great for a movie. The 15 greatest scottish movies of all time taste of. Based on an extremely popular chinese internet novel, sweet sixteen xia you qiao mu stars kris wu, han geng and joo won as three men troubled by their own pasts. Rent sweet sixteen 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. But prepare yourself for some emotional turmoil because sweet sixteen is far from being sweet and the whole movie had me going up and down and up and down the entire film. The scottish teenager carries the movie like a veteran, drawing us right into the tragic heart of. It was released in china by heng ye film distribution on august 5, 2016. James thornton december 5, 1861 july 27, 1938 was an irishamerican songwriter and vaudeville performer. Sweet sixteen is set in scotland and acted in a local accent so tricky it needs to be subtitled. Alta films bbc films road movies filmproduktion scottish screen sixteen films tornasol films.
Sweet sixteen is a wonderfully bittersweet effort, and one of loachs best works. In an inspired casting decision, the part of liam is played by greenock native martin compston, a regular kid who has never acted before. A scottish screen and bbc films presentation with the support of filmstiftung. The movies performances have a simplicity and accuracy that is always convincing. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title sweet sixteen. Wondering how to free her from her violent partner, liam and sister chantelle. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise.
Compston, who plays liam, is a local 17yearold discovered in auditions at his school. Scottish movies a list of 26 titles created 17 nov 2018 watch. So it is with sweet sixteen, which sets us down in a scottish world of poverty and crime where opportunity is having a good supply and a good spot to sell, while being seen as having potential means that you can sell without using the stash yourself. Ken loach directs sweet sixteen, a gritty drama about a young man slowly succumbing to a life of crime. Decent slasher film, but quite forgettable, sweet 16 is a film that could have been much better than what it turned out to be. Sweet 16 favors sweet sixteen party favors sweet 16 party favors lip balms unique sweet sixteen party ideas for favors eb3031fy 16 pcs modparty. Sweet sixteen was screened in competition at the 2002 cannes film festival. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Sweet sixteen is a 2002 drama film directed by ken loach. 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. The film has been awarded an 18 certificate but loach has encouraged teenagers younger than 18 to see it, even though it would be illegal. Liam, the scottish underdog of sweet sixteen, has a burning wish. Martin compston grew up in greenock, inverclyde, renfrewshire. Sweet sixteen 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
T he hero of ken loachs new film is liam, a lairy young lad a few weeks shy of his 16th birthday, caught with his friend pinball selling contraband. Paul laverty writes his fourth script with director ken loach for the gritty comingofage drama sweet sixteen. The film centres around liam martin compston in his debut, a typical teenage scottish lad from a tough working class background, who is determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison. Set in scotland, the film tells the story of liam, a teenage boy from a troubled background who dreams of starting afresh with his mother as soon as she has completed her prison term. Columbas high school in gourock, inverclyde, where he passed through his standard grade exams and obtained three as and two bs in his. Yet it could take place in any american city, in this time of heartless cuts in social services and the abandonment of the poor. One boys bittersweet 16 moving story of downtrodden. Sweet sixteen 2003 stream and watch online moviefone. He is primarily remembered today as the composer of. Liam martin compson hopes that his imprisoned mother michelle coulter will be free by. His mum is set for release from prison on his 16th birthday, and more than anything he wants to give her a. The movie is a television film based on the series my super sweet 16. Rent sweet sixteen 2002 starring martin compston and william ruane on dvd and bluray. Sweet sixteen xia you qiao mu 2016 rotten tomatoes.
He spent his teen years going to see soccer football team celtic with his brother barry and dreamed one day he would play for them. The film tells the story of a teenage boy from a troubled background, liam, who dreams of starting afresh with his mother as soon as she. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. With martin compston, michelle coulter, annmarie fulton, william ruane. Sweet sixteen hit the cinemas in 2002, and became a critically acclaimed success.
The film centres around liam martin compston in his debut, a typical teenage scottish. Sweet sixteen is a 2016 chinesesouth korean film directed by jo jin kyu. Liam, a sixteen year old troubled youth, lives with the knowledge that his mother will be released from prison. Suggest me movie is a free webbased film recommendation service. Unpredictable, but luckily, the mood change was not confusing at all. Sweet sixteen 2002 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. To this end, sweet sixteen is raised high by a storming debut from martin compston. Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets. 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. The accents in this scottishset film are so thick that english subtitles are used throughout. Sweet sixteen is one of the most sincere films about a young man trying to find his way and it refreshingly enough has nothing at all to do with sex. Released may 16th, 2003, sweet sixteen stars martin compston, william ruane, annmarie fulton, michelle abercromby the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 46 min, and received a score of 86 out. Ken loachs latest film sweet sixteen tackles the issue of youth crime caused by poverty in scottish town greenock. My name is joe was a fine film, but sweet sixteen proved to be loachs great scottish movie.
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