The Angels' Share Reviews
Austin Chronicle
The title, by the way, refers to the distillation process: the 2% of whisky that evaporates in the barrel is known as "the angel's share." I'm afraid there's more than 2% evaporation going on in Loach's latest.
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| Original Score: 2/5
The List
Something's gone wrong when a would-be cheerful comedy leaves you feeling as if a condescending finger has been wagged in your face.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Top Critic[Its] fleeting slapstick tendency wins out, regrettably diminishing the film's social consciousness in the process.
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Director Ken Loach's latest glimpse of the U.K. underclass is really two rather different movies, either of which I would've enjoyed on their own. But they don't really fit together in any satisfying or even logical way.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Slant Magazine
Ken Loach's breezy scribble about lowlife redemption and drunken buffoonery isn't so much heavy-handed as it is charmingly weightless.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Just how is one supposed to react, in 2013, to a non-ironic use of the Proclaimers' "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" in a musical montage?
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| Original Score: 3/10
The Playlist
Some good laughs and a passable air of bonhomie do nothing to cover up the fact that The Angels' Share is totally lightweight and distractingly underdone.
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| Original Score: C-
Little White Lies
The time is ripe for a great Ken Loach film. If only Ken Loach was up for making one.
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| Original Score: 2/5
HollywoodChicago.com
While it has some likable characters, particularly its charismatic lead, it's impossible to shake the feeling that we've seen this movie before.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5.0
We Got This Covered
With The Angels' Share, Ken Loach expertly combines a handful of genres which congeal into an often funny, always charming affair that serves as a salute to whisky to boot.
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| Original Score: 7/10
The Aristocrat
If I had to make a comparison, I'd say it is an unlikely pairing of Green Street Hooligans and Sideways.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Flicks.co.nz
Finds room for some well-earned warm fuzzies.
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| Original Score: 3/5
While a few farcical moments fizzle, it's mostly charming.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Irish Times
The feel-good comedy of the summer. Who knew?
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| Original Score: 4/5
The Popcorn Junkie
The redemptive path is paved with laughter and charm, mixes mirth with tears beautifully
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| Original Score: 4/5
Film School Rejects
The Angels' Share is often hilarious, always hugely charming, and carries a wholly appropriate social message.
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| Original Score: A
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Much like a stiff drink at the end of a long day, "The Angels' Share" gets the job done, but you're probably not going to remember it in the morning.
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| Original Score: 3/5
What Culture
It has a spellbinding heft of charm, carrying itself just like a fine whiskey - warm, a little sweet, and unequivocally a joy to return to time and time again.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Real.com
A wee heart-warming dram of Scots spirit ... a rich fermentation of the best of British comedy filmmaking with a greater social agenda.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Quickflix
The Angels' Share is the charming story of four Scottish criminals who find redemption - if not exactly rehabilitation - through alcohol. It may not seem like the typical logline for a heart-warmer; it seems about right for a Ken Loach flick.
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| Original Score: 4/5
