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Critics Consensus: The Angels' Share is a surprisingly delightful, uplifting comedy that successfully blends a charming story of redemption with bits of dark humor and a social message.
Critic Consensus: The Angels' Share is a surprisingly delightful, uplifting comedy that successfully blends a charming story of redemption with bits of dark humor and a social message.
All Critics (96) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (85) | Rotten (11)
Modest in scale, expansive in emotions, this movie is a rarity: a contemporary tragicomedy.
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.
The result is a sometimes gritty, occasionally charming Highland hybrid, but the final balance feels slightly off-kilter.
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 ...
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.
[Ken Loach] and his longtime screenwriter, Paul Laverty, find a good balance between drama and wacky character moments.
Part social realism, part comedy caper, and so good-natured, warm and affectionate it's rather a joy, even though it doesn't exactly add up.
A little too trite and hypothetical for some people to handle, but there's no denying the boundless charm, wit and cool air that envelops this suitably amiable tale.
Probably the first Ken Loach film you could call 'jaunty.'
The film is cocktail of comedy and heist with a large shot of social realism.
Slipping back and forth between drama and comedy, The Angels' Share initially seems shaggy and unstructured, but that's part of its appeal.
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.
Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Leverty manage to find a remarkable balance between drama and dark humor in this engaging comedy full of heart, with the result feeling almost like a fine Scotch whisky - a real pleasure to the senses that makes you always wanting more.
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Maybe it is just me, but I was completely bored. I only made it about 40 min in, and I had to turn it off.
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When he becomes a father, Robbie tries to put his violent life as a street thug behind him; his unexpectedly refined palette for malt whiskey may provide him a means to escape poverty. Powerful drama assaults you up front, offset by working class comedy that lingers throughout. Finishes with a wisp of heist movie for a finely balanced mix sure to lift your spirits.
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