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88
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Chicago Sun-Times
Loach's realism always carries a distinct sense of humor, volatility and, most alarmingly in this hypercapitalist new century, a socialist passion for The People.
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83
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Portland Oregonian
Although some of the accents are so thick it's difficult to understand the dialogue (where are the subtitles when we need them?) the performances feel genuine.
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80
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Total Film
For all its bleak edges, The Angels' Share warms like a sip of the good stuff.
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80
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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw
Ken Loach's latest collaboration with screenwriter Paul Laverty is warm, funny and good-natured. It's a freewheeling social-realist caper - unworldly and at times almost childlike.
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70
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The Hollywood Reporter
A few clumsy touches do not seriously diminish the charm of a film that is ultimately a heart-warming celebration of kindness, friendship and forgiveness. Like a fine whisky, the angry old man of British social realism seems to be mellowing with age. It suits him.
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70
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Variety Leslie Felperin
An amiable comedy about young Glaswegian roughnecks discovering the world of whisky, The Angels' Share finds helmer Ken Loach and long-term screenwriting partner Paul Laverty in better, breezier form than their rebarbative prior effort, “Route Irish.”
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60
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Empire Kim Newman
Like good whisky, Loach is mellowing and becoming subtler with age - though a swift chug still has a bit of a kick.
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50
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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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42
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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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