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- 2020
- Not Rated
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
Summary Ricky, a former laborer, and his home-attendant wife Abby—who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash—are desperate to get out of their financial distress. When an opportunity comes up for Ricky to work as his own boss as a delivery driver, they sell their only asset, Abby’s car, to trade it in for a shiny new white van and the dream...
Directed By: Ken Loach
Written By: Paul Laverty
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
- 2020
- Not Rated
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 41 m
Sorry We Missed You
7.9
Where to Watch
Summary Ricky, a former laborer, and his home-attendant wife Abby—who lost their home in the 2008 financial crash—are desperate to get out of their financial distress. When an opportunity comes up for Ricky to work as his own boss as a delivery driver, they sell their only asset, Abby’s car, to trade it in for a shiny new white van and the dream...
Directed By: Ken Loach
Written By: Paul Laverty
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
82
93% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
82
93% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Because the director weaves in enough scenes to show how deeply this family cares for one another, it never feels voyeuristic in its sadness but true to reality. This isn’t about emotional manipulation or poverty porn, it’s about showing a family as a whole.
As typical as it may sound from the outside, tender and devastating in turn, “Sorry We Missed You” is essential viewing.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 50 User Ratings
7.9
88% Positive
44 Ratings
44 Ratings
12% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 50 User Ratings
7.9
88% Positive
44 Ratings
44 Ratings
12% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
An angry skewering of today’s gig economy as well as a moving drama about a loving family on the verge of implosion which is easily is one of Loach’s very best films.
The fact that Laverty and Loach take their cues from research and interviews keeps the tension visceral, not artificially heightened. More than usual for these evergreen chroniclers of everyday strife, their politics contextualizes the drama, and vice versa. In their domestic gut-punch of a story, they’ve exposed our new feudalism in a way that feels honest and blisteringly human.
Laverty and Loach have created another hard-hitting, powerful film, spiked with humour and moments of rare but profound humanity.
It is not a subtle film, and its bluntness is occasionally potent but just as often wearying.
As a stripped-down, minutely detailed portrait of the daily grind as back-breaking Sisyphean ordeal, “Sorry We Missed You” is engrossing and bluntly persuasive. I was less convinced by the family dynamics.
This is another hard hitting Ken Loach British social commentary type drama. It goes without saying its quite sobering and doesn't hide away from the many flaws of the system its focussing on (the so called 'gig economy'). The characters are pretty well developed and I liked seeing how the husband and wife struggle in their own jobs, their own circumstances, mostly quite isolated in their own ways, trying to work around the situations they find themselves in. It'd be hard not to feel sorry for the family depicted, to one extent or another, certainly. Its reasonably thought provoking, although of course its hardly a cheery film but neither should it be. This is worth a watch if it sounds of interest, so I'd recommend it, yes.
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I expected nothing less from Ken Loach. The naturalism that permeates this story is what makes it so compelling and equally painful because it makes it clear that getting by while providing for your family has become more and more difficult today with outsourcing, where companies no longer have any responsibility to you because you are basically no longer an employee but just an easily replaceable asset.
The performances are superbly honest and searing. Admittedly, the them could have afforded other approaches, but to deny the reality this story portrays is simply unflattering to the complete work of its director and cast.
A really good film.
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Director Ken Loach's searingly honest saga about the lengths a working class family must go to in order to make ends meet serves up a damning indictment of a business world devoid of compassion, sensitivity and flexibility. The film's superb ensemble cast and incisive script work together seamlessly to tell a tale of frustration, thwarted dreams and grim truths about a rigged system that keeps even the most industrious laborers from getting ahead, no matter how honestly and productively they toil. Even more important, though, the picture's poignancy is particularly relevant under today's prevailing conditions, especially those involving matters of making a living. "Sorry We Missed You," available for first run online streaming, can be an infuriating movie to watch at times, but its honesty and authenticity are undeniable -- the kind of story that inspires us all to demand change.
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(Mauro Lanari)
An unrecognizable Loach, unexpectedly fragile in his arguments. Why shouldn't the one he chose be a dysfunctional family regardless of work problems? The father's relationship with his son appears compromised from the beginning, with the parent disinterested in understanding the boy and his artistic abilities even when he had all the time available. Also the aggression he suffers looks more like the gesture **** of thieves thugs than a sign of discomfort or socio-economic malaise. Last but not least, this married couple seems to have started a family naively, not taking into account today's historical condition, the one that made the phenomenon of singledom flourish.
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Production Company
Sixteen Films,
BBC Film,
BE TV,
BFI Film Fund,
Canal+,
Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Belfius,
Casa Kafka Pictures,
Ciné+,
Cinéart,
France 2 Cinéma,
France Télévisions,
Le Pacte,
Les Films du Fleuve,
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge,
VOO,
Why Not Productions,
Wild Bunch
Release Date Mar 4, 2020
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Awards
Silk Road International Film Festival China
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
