 It was screened at the 2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival  in competition for the Michael Powell Award.It was released in the UK by Metrodome and Netflix on 25 April 2014 Guy Lodge in "Variety" called the film "crass but cute" and Allan Hunter in "Screen Daily" said it was a "likeable, breezy British teen comedy".Andrew Blair in "Den of Geek" noted the film's "political bent" and "anger bubbling under its surface".