Sweet Sixteen

[Atlas]

It isn't a brand new movie, but I am wondering if anyone else has seen or heard of it. I picked it up two weeks ago and it is a damn good flick. I hadn't heard of it, but the blurb on the dvd box caught my attention.

Scottish film, directed by Ken Loach.

Winner, Best Screenplay, 2002 Cannes Film Festival; Winner, Best British Independent Film, 2002 British Independent Film Awards

Trailer:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&id...railer&intl=us

Waiting for his ex-junkie mother to get out of prison on his upcoming 16th birthday, a Scottish teenager, Liam, from a rough neighborhood in Glasgow tries to raise enough money to buy a new home so they and his 17-year-old sister, Chantelle (who already has her own child), can get a chance at a new sort of life. So, he gets involved in the drug trafficing business.

[Mzo]

Molly Ringwold?

[Andy]

I saw the trailer for this a while ago, the story sounded fairly interesting, but the trailer really seems to build it up like a run of the mill teen movie. I'm sure it must be more than that given it's accolades, but damn, the trailer makes it seem like they had the Fast and the Furious director try his hand at a teen drama

[Atlas]

The trailer actually gives it a bit of a bad name, it is a really good flick. Not at all like any "run of the mill teen" movies I have seen. No fast and furious, it is a drama - not an action movie, comedy, romance or teen movie.

Seriously check it out. It is well worth the watch... read the reviews on it, it will probably give you better insight to the movie than the trailer.