The Angels' Share

2012

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 89% · 103 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 26907 26.9K

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Plot summary

Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.


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Roger Allam as Thaddeus
Lorne MacFadyen as Matthew / PC
Daniel Portman as Sniper's Pal 2
John Henshaw as Harry
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kosmasp 8 / 10

Wet your appetite

Actually it makes you want to have a sip ... or two. Well at leas that's how the movie did affect me. Don't worry, I could resist the urge to drink alcohol.

Seriously though: This is another Ken Loach movie and if you are a fan of watching the movies in their original language, I hope your British English is polished enough to understand what is going on. Let me tell you that movies like that might have really have caused problems, back when I was used the American way of talking.

The movie, that is being shown in two versions (15 and 18 rated) in the UK, one having more foul language than the other, is a really great ensemble story. Or as another reviewer wrote: A story with heart ... and a drink or two of course. This drama has some interesting characters to offer and you will root for them, no matter how many flaws you'll see in them :o)

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

both funny and heart breaking

Robbie Emmerson barely escapes a prison sentence because of his pregnant girlfriend Leonie. He has a history of violence. He is thrown into community service with a group of misfits. He tries to visit Leonie at the hospital but her relatives beat him up. He swears to his baby son that he will change his ways. After a distillery tour, he finds interest in the art of whiskey. However his past with another thug Clancy won't leave him alone, and Leonie's father offers him $5k to leave Glasgow. Group leader Harry takes the group to Edinburgh for a whiskey meeting. Robbie's nose impresses whiskey collector Thaddeus Maloney and they are told about a priceless cask of whiskey coming soon to auction. Hound by Clancy's guys and in desperation, Robbie and the other misfits Mo, Albert, and Rhino go on a quest to steal the valuable whiskey.

Directed by legendary English socialist Ken Loach, this is a nice little film about a small group of miscreants. I like Robbie and the scene with his victims. The lighter moments work most of the times. Albert is the big fool. However I found him a little too whinny. He's funny sometimes but other times I found him annoying. This has some funny moments and some heart breaking moments.

Reviewed by paul2001sw-1 7 / 10

Amiable but lacking Loach's customary bite

'The Angels' Share' sees Ken Loach and screen writing partner Paul Laverty in relatively lighthearted mode: as usual with Loach, there's a sympathetic description of the plight of the urban poor, but there's also a cock-and-bull story about a money-making escapade, plus an extended plug for the Scotch whiskey industry. It's amiable and funny, but in places it feels formulaic: Loach is a gifted director at portraying everyday life, but his work with Laverty tends to follow a predictable template, and in this film, which lacks the rawest edges of his best work, this is a little too obviously exposed. Unusual too is the apparent sympathy for men so rich they could spend a million pounds on a cask of peaty alcohol.

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