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Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Loach follows up on his 2000 opus Bread and Roses about a Los Angeles janitors' strike with this drama about the privatization of British Rail. Set in South Yorkshire, the film opens with familiar British Rail sign being replaced with a shiny new one reading "East Midland Infrastructure." For a group of men working at a local train station, this subtle change ends up meaning that their lives have irrevocably changed. When they learn the grim details of this privatization,
Feb 21, 2003 Limited
Dec 2, 2003
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Loach's characters speak in a sometimes difficult Yorkie accent, but they tell a story anyone can understand.
Loach has a way of capturing the offhand, unspectacular way people live, with social comedy but minus any sociology.
This is a worthwhile motion picture whose central topic will resonate with many who see it.
Though not one of Loach's strongest films, his heart is in the rightplace, and his foray into the privatization of the British Railway System and its devstating effects on its workers is still a worthy cause to champion and a worthy film to see.
Essential Loach viewing for those who still believe in the cause.
Simply the final word on the evils of private industry.
If The Full Monty had been a drama, and didn't have the peeling or happy ending, it would probably have looked something like this.
While a bit less fulfilling than Riff Raff or Raining Stones, the latest chapter in the impressive Loach lexicon still packs a punch.
As comedy and drama, the film is full on, if not full monty... Wonderful performances keep us involved and engaged.
"The Navigators" takes place in 1995 when British Rail is bring privatized, the effects of which are being felt at all levels. Workers for the renamed East Midlands Infrastructure(later renamed Gilchrist Engineering) no longer have the lifetime job security and benefits they once had, and a good number are taking the
May 5, 2006Super Reviewer
Appropiate portrayal of a british railworker's teams downfall which ultimately alienates their morals as well. A grim and very realistic view on contemporary British working class. Only watch this, if you are interested in sociological topics.
October 11, 2008Super Reviewer
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