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  • 2013
  • R
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m

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. After narrowly avoiding jail and becoming a new dad, Robbie vows to change his life. He and his friend hatch a plan after visiting a whisky distillery.

Directed By: Ken Loach

Written By: Paul Laverty

  • 2013
  • R
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 41 m

The Angels' Share

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 25 User Ratings
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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. After narrowly avoiding jail and becoming a new dad, Robbie vows to change his life. He and his friend hatch a plan after visiting a whisky distillery.

Directed By: Ken Loach

Written By: Paul Laverty

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
66
65% Positive
17 Reviews
31% Mixed
8 Reviews
4% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
17 Reviews
31% Mixed
8 Reviews
4% Negative
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88
Apr 18, 2013
Brannigan is terrific as Robbie, and the entire supporting cast is superb.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 11, 2013
The setting and themes are pure Loach, and he’s handled comic scenarios with skill before. But he and his longtime screenwriter, Paul Laverty, have added a lighthearted buoyancy — enhanced by a spirited if obvious soundtrack — that might lead some to call this a feel-good crowd-pleaser.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
75
May 3, 2013
At its heart, this is a compassionate character study. Robbie’s tenderness toward his son and his remorse for a street fight are the raw ingredients of a ripening consciousness.
By Joe Williams FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 11, 2013
Ken Loach better watch out. From the start of his illustrious career his name has been synonymous with left-wing politics expressed in remarkably fine, consistently serious social-realist dramas, most of them set in England or Scotland. Now he has gone and directed a comedy from a script by his longtime collaborator Paul Laverty, and it's so delightful that his fans will be clamoring for more.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 11, 2013
Watching it is like receiving a hard slap in the face from someone who expects you to laugh it off, even though the sting lingers.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 9, 2013
When The Angels' Share suddenly transforms, in its final act, into a kind of farcical heist picture, that fleeting slapstick tendency wins out, regrettably diminishing the film's social consciousness in the process.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 10, 2013
The prolific 76-year-old British creator of character-rich, social dramas steeped in natural realism (usually) has whiffed it and whiffed it hard with this one. It’s not that it’s just “lesser Loach.” It is, in my opinion at least, humiliating.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW

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32% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Production Company Entertainment One, Sixteen Films, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, British Film Institute (BFI), Les Films du Fleuve, Urania Pictures S.r.l., Canal+, Canto Bros Productions, CinéCinéma, France 2 Cinéma, France Télévisions, Le Pacte, Soficinéma 8
Release Date Apr 12, 2013
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Four friends. One mission. Lots of spirit.
Website http://tenshi-wakemae.jp/
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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Scotland
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 2 Nominations

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