This film received very good reviews and it's even got a screenplay award in Cannes. I'm still not able to figure out why. This is not even close to Loach's best works such as "Riff-Raff", "My name is Joe" or "Land and Freedom". This is a story that's been retold more than a thousand times before. Here I couldn't find a single moment that has a message that stands on its own. Not to mention that the whole movie is nothing but a complete rip-off (was it intentional I don't know) of Truffaut's classic "400 Blows" (especially the last scene which was literally taken from its inspirational origins). Loach's directing is very good (and so are the protagonists) and he did made his point but I question myself why should I watch this when I got Truffaut and the message that's universal and always hits the target.
Review of Sweet Sixteen
