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| Director: Ken Loach (2012) |
The Angels Share, the latest film from Ken
Loach, is a bit mellow for its own good at times, despite its initial depiction
of new dad Robbie (Paul Brannigan). After narrowly avoiding a prison sentence,
he spends the majority of the first 3rd of the film trying to escape
his thuggish past. While he isn’t initially likable (we witness through
flashback the vicious beating of a fellow teenager) he grows on us as he
connects with other youths stuck on community service. His growing friendship
with probation worker Harry (John Henshaw) leads him to discover his love for
whiskey, and a plan to heist of a rare cask of the golden liquid to aid his
families escape to a better life. The film remains decent throughout, but ends
far too positively in contrast to its initial thematic bleakness.
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