ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

tieman64 What would a heist comedy look like if directed by a socialist and social-realist? Probably a bit like Ken Loach's "The Angels' Share".Released in 2012, "The Angels' Share" revolves around Robbie, a young Glaswegian caught in a seemingly inescapable cycle of violence, criminality, poverty and long-term unemployment. As the film opens, Robbie is being entered into a "community payback" scheme supervised by Harry (John Henshaw), a kindly whisky aficionado. One day, Harry takes Robbie to a rural distillery. Here he learns that a percentage of whisky evaporates during the maturing process, a process that is poetically named "the angels' share."The second half of Loach's film watches as Robbie stumbles upon a priceless casket of whiskey. Thanks to an elaborate heist, Robbie lifts several bottles of this whiskey and sells it on the black market for a large sum of money. This theft allows Robbie to skip town, escape his circumstances and build a better life for his young wife and newly born son."The Angels' Share" has been described by Loach as a "fable". As the film unfolds, Loach thus subtly injects a vein of incredulity or fantasy. Robbie becomes Loach's underclass underdog, "the angels' share" becomes an allusion to surplus value – in this case reclaimed by the exploited - and Harry the social worker becomes Robbie's angel, a kind-hearted man to whom Robbie donates a share of his loot. That the film's resolution is fantastical and contrived doesn't seem to matter to Loach. What matters to him is the righteousness of Robbie the robbers theft, a theft which most film-makers would have Robbie rejecting in favour of becoming a "mature", "reformed" and "upstanding citizen". But to Loach, even "rascals" like Robbie are deemed worthy of a share. More importantly, they have to take this share by force and deception."The Angels' Share" is political in other subtle ways. Loach's Scots are alienated even within their own homeland, inequality is widening, the lower-classes drink cheap beer and aren't privy to the fine booze their own motherland exports, and even stigmatized men like Robbie are seen to possess sophisticated palettes and keen business acumen. Elsewhere the "value" of the film's "whisky" is seen to be entirely arbitrary, dependent upon hype, hot air, market manipulation and old fashioned notions of supply and demand. "Share's" form and content are typical of late Loach; simple camera work, unfussy lighting and a plot packed with straight-forward, now non-threatening leftist-politics. Loach's working-class archetypes also haven't changed much since the 1960s, and female characters are still kept to the margins of his films. Audiences outside the United Kingdom are likely to find the film's accents incomprehensible.7.9/10 – Worth one viewing. See "Bread and Roses".

Adam Peters (58%) An above average modern day Scottish tale that successfully incorporates drama, comedy, and a heist movie in one satisfying package. Director Ken Loach is one of few film makers who has the ability to create a largely true to life depiction of life at the bottom step of British life that is both bleakly honest, bitingly tragic, yet still comedic and enjoyable to watch. Above all else this is a tale of redemption that has the ability to show its main character as a real human being with both a very good and a very bad side to his life unlike so many films with plain simple good guys and bad guys. This isn't a rival to Loach's best work, but there's enough here to make this worthy of a watch.

Tifaine Dayot This movie is very funny, we spend good time watching it. Characters are appealing and touching and we have lots of sympathy with them. We realize how it's important to believe in our dreams even we have many problems. I think this movie gives hope to everyone who feels desperate. I advise you all to watch it.This movie is very funny, we spend good time watching it. Characters are appealing and touching and we have lots of sympathy with them. We realize how it's important to believe in our dreams even we have many problems. I think this movie gives hope to everyone who feels desperate. I advise you all to watch it.

Yoann Achir This is the first Ken Loach directed movie I have ever seen and I love it ! Rumour has it that it's not his best one; if that's true, I can't wait to see the others !! It is a great mix between comedy and drama, a bitter sweet comedy as they call it. The problem is that if you had asked me if I felt like watching a movie by an old English director I had never heard of, at the Sémaphore, well… I'd have answered very, very negatively. It seems to me that this movie is misclassified in the complicated/"grown-up" movies section because of Ken Loach's former movies and his political implication. As a matter of fact, watching the trailer was enough to convince me that I could enjoy it in spite of my preconceived ideas. (Albert's particularly funny, "Mona who ?!" ; "You're not gonna be sleeping again officer").About the movie itself, I think the actors are so talented and the dialogue is so efficient and real that it looks like a documentary ! The Scottish accent sounds really funny and authentic but sometimes I actually wonder if they meant to say something or if they were just making strange noises !!! The music is well chosen and I really like it; I remember hearing Homebird by Foy Vance and I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers. I can't say much more about it because a part of the audience obviously wasn't interested in watching the movie and therefore got really noisy and annoying short after its beginning which luckily didn't prevent me from having a great time :) .