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The Angels' Share
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Robbie barely avoids jail and, after visiting a whisky distillery, he is inspired to find a way out of his hopeless life. Little does he imagine how turning to drink might change their lives, not cheap fortified wine, but the best malt whiskies in the world.
Robbie barely avoids jail and, after visiting a whisky distillery, he is inspired to find a way out of his hopeless life. Little does he imagine how turning to drink might change their lives, not cheap fortified wine, but the best malt whiskies in the world.
Actors:
Scott Dymond,
Nick Farr,
Siu Hun Li,
Neil Leiper,
Kasumi Kitano,
Ted Davitt,
Lynsey-Anne Moffat,
Charles MacLean,
John Henshaw,
Lorne MacFadyen,
Jim Sweeney,
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Scott Dymond
Nick Farr
Siu Hun Li
Neil Leiper
Kasumi Kitano
Ted Davitt
Lynsey-Anne Moffat
Charles MacLean
John Henshaw
1951, Manchester, England, UK
Lorne MacFadyen
Jim Sweeney
8 August 1956, Scotland, UK
Country:
United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy
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Philadelphia Weekly
April 28, 2015
Probably the first Ken Loach film you could call 'jaunty.'
NOW Toronto
January 01, 2014
Slipping back and forth between drama and comedy, The Angels' Share initially seems shaggy and unstructured, but that's part of its appeal.
May 17, 2013
The result is a sometimes gritty, occasionally charming Highland hybrid, but the final balance feels slightly off-kilter.
November 04, 2013
With this shaggy-dog tale of four petty Glaswegian criminals and their improbably successful scheme to steal the world's most valuable whiskey, Loach turns naïveté into a sort of moral philosophy.
May 09, 2013
If you want to look for it, you'll find a layer of metaphor (the distilling process as a symbol of the characters' evolution) and social-realist commentary amid the gentle, life-affirming laughs.
January 01, 2014
Despite its ultimate sense of optimism, the Glasgow-set dramedy nevertheless carries a sense of foreboding. And yet, that might not have been the intention.
May 03, 2013
[Ken Loach] and his longtime screenwriter, Paul Laverty, find a good balance between drama and wacky character moments.
May 16, 2013
Loach takes us through the mysteries of whisky making, exploring the subtle tastes and scents in ways that will have audiences wishing they had a dram at hand. But a glass also serves more symbolic purposes ...
January 01, 2014
The film is cocktail of comedy and heist with a large shot of social realism.
August 17, 2013
...a low key and rather marvelous, sweet-natured heist movie
March 03, 2014
Modest in scale, expansive in emotions, this movie is a rarity: a contemporary tragicomedy.
January 01, 2014
Mingling the peaty scent of Scottish street life with a distilled take on unemployed, at-risk youth, director Ken Loach serves up a surprisingly upbeat cocktail thanks to a subplot involving rare whisky.
