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The film was given an 18 certificate by the BBFC due to racist language and violence. However, councils such as Bristol, Camden and Westminster felt the film should reach teenagers. The film was shown at international film festivals, including London, and Meniscus was allowed to shown it at Grimsby's Whitgift Film Theatre.
On 5 January 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 82 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 86 out of 100, based on 23 reviews — indicating "universal acclaim".This made it the tenth best reviewed film of the year. The film appeared on several US critics' top ten movie lists of 2007; it was third on the list by Newsweek's David Ansen, seventh on the list by The Oregonians Marc Mohan, and ninth on the list by Los Angeles Times' Kevin Crust. In Britain, director Gillies Mackinnon rated the film the best of the year and David M. Thompson, critic and film-maker, rated it third. The film was ranked fourteenth in The Guardian's list of 2007's Best Films and fifteenth in Empire's Movies of the Year.
The film won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 2007 British Academy Film Awards. It also won the Best Film category at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards, Thomas Turgoose winning the Most Promising Newcomer award.