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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4

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  1. JayH
    Nov 8, 2008
    5
    I tried watching this movie on three occasions, and could not get into it at all. I found it painfully slow moving. I did finish it but was not impressed. Very well acted though.
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  2. JamesC
    Apr 6, 2009
    8
    This was a pleasant surprise. Sure there are maybe a few holes in the story but it has many clever inventions (the treehouse, hallam's skill at climbing buildings and picking locks) and the actors keep us emotionally connected. Probably my favorite thing is the evocation of the gloomy, gritty glamor of Scotland, which I wish were in more films!
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  3. GuilhermeS
    Nov 21, 2008
    8
    The most loving story about the most stranger character of the 21'th Century's movies.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Unlike any coming-of-age movie you've seen before. Equal parts sweet and perverse, this Scottish film is unpredictable in places where it might be twee, and subversively fanciful in others where it might be punishing.
  2. Reviewed by: Damon Wise
    60
    An intriguing rites-of-passage story with a delirious, skewed perspective and an almost palpable sexual pulse.
  3. Most entertaining comic drama with a great turn by Jamie Bell.