A nicely shot social commentary on working class Glasgow during the dustmen's strike in the '70s. However it doesn't appear to make any discernable point and whilst this may be all fine and good in the arthouse world of post-modernism it does lose its way and the ending is not really sufficient. If it's a beautifully directed heart-string tugging, take on '70s Britain you're after, Kes is your movie. This is a mere pretender.