Ken Loach's latest film Sweet Sixteen tackles the issue of youth crime caused by poverty in Scottish town Greenock.

The film has been awarded an 18 certificate but Loach has encouraged teenagers younger than 18 to see it, even though it would be illegal.

"What is missing from the film is any sense of anger. The characters may struggle but like flies in a web, that they are doomed," says the BBC's Adam Rosser.

But what did you think?

This debate is now closed. Please see below for a selection of your comments.

It was a fab film, so true to what Greenock is like. My boyfriend lives there and I'm there quite a lot. I would encourage everyone to see it. It was very funny and touching at the same time. It's about time some people made a film like that. Some people would say it gives us a bad name. That's only one side. Good work, hope there's more films like that to be made!
Penny Wilkins, Scotland

Magnificent. As with My Name Is Joe, Ken Loach has captured the strange rough/smooth side of Scotland. The acting was fantastic, made even more so by the fact that the actors were plucked from obscurity. Brilliant but bleak, your attention never wavers for a minute.
Mark Palmer, Scotland

I think that the BBFC should review their policy on bad language in films, it's not like it going to physically hurt people.

Look at "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut". Nearly 400 explicit swearwords, and more sexual references and violent themes than you could shake a stick at, and what does that get? A '15' certificate!

I think there's something fishy going on at the BBFC. Something very odd indeed...
Donald McKinney, United Kingdom

Yet another grim Scottish movie. Have local directors lost the ability to make anything aspirational, light hearted or fun? Or will they continue to choose the easy route of crime, drugs and apathy.
Andy, Scotland

I haven't yet seen the film and my political perspective is somewhat right of centre. However, what Ken Loach is saying is right, the film and its content must be portrayed in a way that reflects contemporary urban Britain. Moreover, those between 14-18 must be allowed to see it. Loach is a man - whose personal politics I often disagree with - who is a priceless social observer of our time.

The likes of Peter Bottomley are somewhat churlish in their view. In my opinion this film looks to be an important contribution towards our societal discourse, I will actively seek to view it. I continue to be perplexed by a society that denys young people access to culture of this genre, yet is happy for them to be exposed to "pap" such as Popstars and their ilk.
Derek Johnson, United Kingdom

Mr Loach does have a point about the censors living in "ivory towers", but I don't believe he is correct in encouraging people under 18 to go and see this film illegally. I wonder if he is commiting an offence by saying this?
Jason, Manchester, England

Well, here we have another example of silly English puritanism - the middle class hypocritical moral - still alive. How far from Europe, where the film got the award for the best script in Cames Festival. Yes, script! How paradoxical!. Here, the film is not fit for youngsters under 18. In which century do you live still? Reading the letters above it is quite obvious how conservative this country is.
Antonio Hernandez, UK

Loach is spot on! 15-plus should be encouraged to see this film, instead of cynical teen movies like American Pie, this film suggests that there are more important decisions to be made when you're a teenager than how to score with chicks. Most kids on the west coast immerse themselves in sectarianism by hearing language far worse in football grounds than anything in Sweet Sixteen.
Ian, Fife, Scotland

A film where you learn something.Where you feel for the characters and it turns your stomach upside down. We need movies like that to understand others. People that don't have the same standard of life. You never learn anything from American blockbusters...The problem is that those big Multiplexes will not distribute a movie like Sweet Sixteen, it's as if they want to keep us all unaware of the problems our society can have. Make sure you see this movie as we live on earth and not in Disneyland.
Fabrice Le Neve, UK