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.
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★★★★★
From the opening scenes to the closing credits it was wonderful the acting the storyline the direction were wonderful, if this dosent move you nothing will, young Liam and Chantelles scene in the flat was so powerfull,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a fantastic must see film
★★★★★
I felt like I had been punched after I watched this film - it is one of the most powerful movies I have seen in a long time.
This is Ken Loach at his very best, with a wonderful script from Paul Laverty. A tragic, bittersweet tale of a young boys hope and opt...
★★★★★
Ken Loach makes films of political power and emotional intensity. If he has a flaw as a film-maker, it is that the overall body of his work is insufficiently varied, and that the same basic narrative (of essentially decent people fighting and ultimately failin...
★★★★★
Greenock is just down the road from where I live, in fact there's rivalry bordering on enmity between the town where I work, Paisley and Greenock, where this super-realistic Ken Loach film was made. I can therefore completely identify from first-hand observati...
★★★★★
It doesn't get any more nakedly gritty than this. This is a movie for
anyone who thinks that kids who grow up to be drug addicts and
drug users have only themselves to blame. What's particularly
disturbing is how the biggest antagonists for Liam, and his fr...
