Review of Sweet Sixteen (2002) by Daisy M — 24 Jul 2010

Ken Loach's movies are known for their intensity of showing the society differences of the British class. I saw that in Carla's song and Ae fond kiss, but Sweet Sixteen was more dramatic and emotional.

Here the director portrayed some sad lives going into violence and crime and the way he presented the bad situations of these people were just memorable. Liam the lead character, a 15 year old boy who life had treated very hard, was selling heroine cigarettes on the street, who he had stolen from his mother's boyfriend.

Liam's older sister Chantelle, who hated her mother,for being a heroine junkie and in prison was a very touching part of the story.The mother, for whom all the effort was done for her to keep her straight, got a nice house from Liam ,which he bought of drugs money.

But when she got out prison she remained the disappointment she always was, and gave this movie a dramatic ending.