Synopsis
Four Friends. One Mission. Lots of Spirit.
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.
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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”Every year we lose almost 2% of the spirit, it just evaporates. Gone forever. We call it angels’ share”
This is the kind of movie that will cool down and recharge you after a stressful day, Ken Loach gathers a couple of simple, somewhat misshapen and absurd characters who are desperately looking for hope, happiness and freedom and makes one of the funniest, sweetest and most refreshing films of the year, a goodhearted and warm film which is at times breathtakingly thrilling and incredibly amusing. In The Angels’ Share Loach mixes innocence, simplicity and foolishness to portray some of the most memorable characters of the past decade who always choose the most illogical option when encountering new problems in their…
I'm Scottish.
We watched this on American Netflix.
They had English subtitles that you couldn't take off.
The film was in English.
They changed aye to "yeah".
Enough.
" If you can tell me what year it is, I'll let you come with us"
Director Ken Loach is a man whose work is synonymous with all things gritty. The very human stories he tells are generally pretty dark tales, with the very occasional moment of light relief. Whilst this will do nothing to help lure Roach's detractors, it's certainly a little more in the way of 'feel good' movie if that's possible.
It's cast are almost all unknowns, but lead Paul Brannigan does a great job as the 'would be' leader of motley crew off on a mission to relieve a distillery of some very special whiskey...
The story is very different and grabs the attention, and for those who are ignorant on such matters, it's an education on whisky tasting...
A very rewatchable Ken Loach film for me, previously not something I was able to say.
This one is from Scotland. The main character, Robbie, is the type of a guy that has been in trouble all of his life. When we first meet him he is looking at going back to prison....his only saving grace? His girlfriend is about to have his child...so the judge gives him one more chance. The movie paints a pretty depressing picture and makes it look like Robbie has no chance to turn his life around. But with the help from his community service manager and being a new dad...he starts to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Paul Brannigan gives a wonderful performance as Robbie. By the end of the movie you are really hoping things work out for him. Movie has humor, drama and even manages to throw in a heist. Final thought: An interesting look at a world that I am not familiar with.....worth checking out.
Ein Schluck für die Engel
Robbie, arbeitslos/gewalttätig und werdender Vater, wird zu gemeinnützigen Arbeit verurteilt. Hier lernt er den Sozialarbeiter Harry kennen, der ihn unterstützt. Auch lernt er hier drei weitere Heranwachsende kennen, mit denen es ihn in die schottische Highlands verschlägt.
Komödiendrama aus Großbritannien von 2012, wo Ken Loach Regie führt. Hier spürt man sofort den Charme einer britischen Produktion, besonderst was die Charaktere und die Handlung angeht. Mit dem Thema Whisky, das im Film ein großes Thema ist, kenne ich mich gar nicht aus. Deshalb fehlte mir zu dem Thema die Hintergrundinfos, was aber nicht schlimm ist. Auch so verfolgt man die Charaktere gerne auf ihrer Reise. Der Humor und die Drama Anteile passen gut zu einander und…
July 2022: Director of the Month - Ken Loach
Optimistic and lighthearted are usually not words one uses to describe a Ken Loach film. But they fit this feature from 2012, especially in its second half. True, his protagonists are a ragtag group of Glasgow youth sentenced by a judge to a community service project for the petty crimes they've each done. But even with the unflinching realism typical of his films, Loach puts more emphasis on comedy and redemption.
Part road movie/part heist film, the young people are taken by the supervisor (John Henshaw) monitoring their work detail to a distillery where fine whiskey is made. They subsequently hatch a plan involving the auction of a rare superior blend…
Forgive the pun but I went into this whisky delight of a film expecting it to be anything but sober. I was gearing up for a silly comedy and while it took a beat for me to adjust to its serious themes, I came away from it with a big, well-earned smile on my face. This is a very sweet, very appreciated slice of "there are still good people out there" cinema. It's quite possibly the most hopeful film I've seen in years and, for that alone, it deserves to be cherished and shared.
Scavenger Hunt 84 - #10 - Watch something from the A Level Film Specification.
" 'ts this sporran man. Keeps bangin' off ma tadger!"
- Albert
There's nowt better than a really down tee earth Scottish rumble. Ken Loach always has been a favorite Director of mine and he's done it again here in what could be described as a hopeful story of dreams, friendship and whiskey.
Loach really has a charming way of turning the most grimy wee shites (or as they are affectionately known in Glasgow, c_nts), into lovable characters and in Angels' Share, Robbie goes from the kind of person you just wish was locked up to a real human, deserving of some compassion and care.
In a completely unrelated segue, the 'C' type of friend is also a very real…
After two days of exams, I finally found some time to watch a film. The Angel's Share is my first Ken Loach's film. Really decent start. Not only an entertaining film, but also give us plenty of information about whiskey. The characters are intresting, the plot is well paced and Scottish landscapes just so beautiful. Definitely worth it!
The nurse said that a baby's brain is half developed when it’s born, and the other half depends on us.
The way a film can build to a moment of seeming simplicity: a man, a bottle of irn bru and a nose that lingers on its smell. Out of context it’s inconsequential, but with the weight of the 90 minutes prior, it’s fraught with finality and rousing euphoria. Probably the most radical Ken Loach film in that the ending is not only happy, it has a dreamlike idealism. I welcome this. Especially for a film that hinges on empathy with a so-called “criminal” class of people. There is nothing more radical than carving out happiness for a people grasping for change in an unforgiving system.