Synopsis
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Dave Johns Hayley Squires Briana Shann Dylan McKiernan Kate Rutter Sharon Percy Kema Sikazwe Magpie Richens Amanda Payne Chris McGlade Shaun Prendergast Gavin Webster Sammy T. Dobson Mickey Hutton Colin Coombs David Murray Stephen Clegg Andy Kidd Kay Gilchrist-Ward Dan Li Jane Birch Kimberley Blair Smith Junior Atilassi John Sumner Dave Turner Jackie Robinson Kathleen Germain Christine Wood Micky McGregor Show All…
Andrew Caller Ben Brazier Sue Harding Ray Beckett Rowena Wilkinson Adam Scrivener Robert Brazier John Skehill
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St Helens Disability Advice and Welfare Network, St Helens Jobcentre, Ashton-In-Makerfield Jobcentre, Huyton Jobcentre, Apex Charitable Trust, Shaw Trust St Helens, Starting Point St Helens.
Just some of the places I've worked at that involve helping people into work, getting people 'job ready' or dealing with people's benefit claims.
Jobseekers allowance, Incapacity benefit, Employment and Support allowance, Carers allowance.
Just some of the benefits I've claimed since (and between) those jobs.
I've ran jobclubs, CV making courses and jobmatch programmes, I've interviewed claimants considered 'long term unemployed' or requiring 'extra assistance' due to 'unique circumstances' and I've been referred to jobclubs, CV making courses and jobmatch programmes. I've been interviewed as someone 'long term unemployed' requiring 'extra assistance'.
I left…
For the majority of its runtime, it's something along the lines of this year's The Measure of a Man, but even starker and even stronger -- much stronger actually (coming from someone who quite likes TMoaM), and no comparisons could do this film justice. For me, Ken Loach's best film since Sweet Sixteen (which I thought was his best film since Kes), and maybe his best film in general. Cried, and cried, and cried my eyes out. No idea what to do with myself right now.
more like I, DANIEL *BLEAK* amiright??
rhetorical question — of course i'm right.
Ken Loach is mad. so mad. but mad can be good. here, it results in a misrerabilist real-world riff on BRAZIL that isn't afraid to point fingers or name names (as the title makes clear). Maren Ade didn't want that filthy Palme d'Or, anyway.
This is what Kafka was always on about - literally, all the time - but while he chose to relay his message through surrealism, allowing his readers aesthetic distance, Ken Loach cuts straight to the core of the real - and in so doing, he breaks our hearts, again and again.
I can't recall the last film in which I teared up so spontaneously and repeatedly. Our hero (and he is that, in the truest sense of the word), Daniel Blake, may as well have been transformed into a giant bug given the way that he is treated - and crushed - by the state. And all that he has is a simple heart condition. The bureaucratic system we see…
I saw Ken Loach on the street today. I thanked him for giving a voice to those without one and for making great movies. He was really humble about it and I shook his hand. I told him I was from Leeds and he started talking about last night's football match. He's so down to earth and a genuinely great guy, I have nothing but respect for him. So I'm posting this to emphasise how brilliant he is and how much I wish more people saw his wonderful films highlighting various injustices in Britain (and the world) today.
I understand why this won Palme d'Or. It is the saddest film Iv'e seen all year and it is a harsh reality for many who slip through the rift's of society.There were people crying all over the theatre and if there was a cinematographer of the year award, it would go to Robbie Ryan for his work here and in American Honey. I believe everyone needs to see this film as it cries for humanity in it's honest approach on how hard life can be. We all must strive to be like Daniel, he has property and belongings but his true assets are his honesty and compassion.
A quiet portrait of a Kafkaesque nightmare. I rather be turned into a cockroach than going through the bureaucratic red tape of inhumane welfare systems.
- Can I ask you one question, Dan? Did you help us?
- Suppose so
- So why can't I help you?
A little girl says this. She understands the most superficial levels of kindness, Do we all?
I don't know where to begin.
There are several aspects to this movie and the boldest might be the crtitism towards society's top dogs but that's not what i wanna talk about.
Not all of us can affect the society, a lot of us are just people living our lives with the best we could. But does that mean we can't make any difference in any person in our life? No. You can be kind to your neighbor, to your friends, to…
I, Daniel Blake is my first Ken Loach experience, and it's unfortunately a mixed bag for me.
My first impression of Ken Loach is the British version of Dardenne brothers, who makes naturalistic movies about people who are down and out. I, Daniel Blake is exactly this kind of tale, where the protagonist, a senior Brit who is forced out of his job because of health reasons, struggles to dig himself out of an unfriendly British welfare system. Loach starts his project with an extremely naturalistic insight into Daniel Blake's life, as he wears himself out trying to explain to multiple government officials about the complicated status of his welfare. One of the most impressive scenes for me has to…
“Wasting my time, employers’ time, your time, and all it does is humiliate me.”
Ken Loach’s immensely poignant I, Daniel Blake follows the titular character‘s struggle to receive welfare amid the infuriatingly complicated government systems; contrasting the human consequences of those unable to get support with the agencies’ detached bureaucracy in a way that feels dishearteningly real. The brilliant performances by the cast, especially the two leads Dave Johns and Hayley Squires, are so precisely naturalistic - combined with the toned down aesthetics and cinematography to make the film seem almost like documentary footage; making its characters feel so emotionally resonant as it emphasises the effects of its key social issues. Loach’s exceptionally convincing approach to filmmaking here is so quietly powerful; sensitively staying as truthful as possible to reality to capture all the frustration and anguish that desperately needs attention.