This is the first Ken Loach directed movie I have ever seen and I love it ! Rumour has it that it's not his best one; if that's true, I can't wait to see the others !! It is a great mix between comedy and drama, a bitter sweet comedy as they call it. The problem is that if you had asked me if I felt like watching a movie by an old English director I had never heard of, at the Sémaphore, well
I'd have answered very, very negatively. It seems to me that this movie is misclassified in the complicated/"grown-up" movies section because of Ken Loach's former movies and his political implication. As a matter of fact, watching the trailer was enough to convince me that I could enjoy it in spite of my preconceived ideas. (Albert's particularly funny, "Mona who ?!" ; "You're not gonna be sleeping again officer").
About the movie itself, I think the actors are so talented and the dialogue is so efficient and real that it looks like a documentary ! The Scottish accent sounds really funny and authentic but sometimes I actually wonder if they meant to say something or if they were just making strange noises !!! The music is well chosen and I really like it; I remember hearing Homebird by Foy Vance and I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers. I can't say much more about it because a part of the audience obviously wasn't interested in watching the movie and therefore got really noisy and annoying short after its beginning which luckily didn't prevent me from having a great time :) .
About the movie itself, I think the actors are so talented and the dialogue is so efficient and real that it looks like a documentary ! The Scottish accent sounds really funny and authentic but sometimes I actually wonder if they meant to say something or if they were just making strange noises !!! The music is well chosen and I really like it; I remember hearing Homebird by Foy Vance and I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers. I can't say much more about it because a part of the audience obviously wasn't interested in watching the movie and therefore got really noisy and annoying short after its beginning which luckily didn't prevent me from having a great time :) .