• Director(s)

    Ken Loach

  • Production Year

    2002

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    102m

  • Cast

    Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton, Michelle Abercromby, Michelle Coulter, Gary McCormack, Tommy McKee, Gary Maitland, Junior Walker

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Sweet Sixteen

Contains very strong language

A Scottish teenager tries to raise the money to find a safe place for his mother to live when she's released from prison. This bleak drama features use of very strong and often aggressive language.…

A Scottish teenager tries to raise the money to find a safe place for his mother to live when she's released from prison. This bleak drama features use of very strong and often aggressive language.

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violence

language

sex

drugs

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

threat and horror

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Ken Loach

  • Production Year

    2002

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    102m

  • Cast

    Martin Compston, William Ruane, Annmarie Fulton, Michelle Abercromby, Michelle Coulter, Gary McCormack, Tommy McKee, Gary Maitland, Junior Walker

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Contains very strong language
Classified Date:
27/06/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution Ltd
language
There is occasional use of very strong language ('c**t') and frequent strong language ('f**k', 'c**ksucker').
additional issues
The protagonist sells heroin and there are references to drug-dealing throughout. Drugs are seen in bags but there is no actual drug-taking on screen. There are also scenes of moderate violence and references to sex toys.
Contains very strong language
Classified Date:
11/03/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
violence
There are scenes of violence, including teenage boys being beaten up by men, a man being stabbed, and a boy forcing his sister to the ground and holding her down. The scenes of violence are intense and realistic, although there is no graphic detail of injuries.
language
There are multiple uses of very strong language ('c**t'), which are sometimes aggressive, as well as frequent strong language ('f**k', 'c**ksucker').
sex
There are references to sex toys.
drugs
There are frequent references to heroin dealing and sight of heroin in bags, although no use of heroin is shown.
injury detail
Characters are seen with cuts and bruising after violence.
alcohol and smoking
There is occasional sight of smoking and drinking.
additional issues
The protagonist sells heroin and there are references to drug-dealing throughout. Drugs are seen in bags but there is no actual drug-taking on screen. There are also scenes of moderate violence and references to sex toys.
Classified Date:
11/03/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
language
There is occasional use of very strong language ('c**t') and frequent strong language ('f**k', 'c**ksucker').
additional issues
The protagonist sells heroin and there are references to drug-dealing throughout. Drugs are seen in bags but there is no actual drug-taking on screen. There are also scenes of moderate violence and references to sex toys.
Classified Date:
27/02/2003
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
15/11/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD TV Spot 2
Classified Date:
15/11/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
15/11/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD TV Spot 1
Classified Date:
29/08/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
02/08/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Icon Film Distribution Ltd

  • Classified date

    11/03/2003

  • BBFC reference

    AVF177570

  • Language

    English