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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-TimesLoach's realism always carries a distinct sense of humor, volatility and, most alarmingly in this hypercapitalist new century, a socialist passion for The People.
- Although some of the accents are so thick it's difficult to understand the dialogue (where are the subtitles when we need them?) the performances feel genuine.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawKen Loach's latest collaboration with screenwriter Paul Laverty is warm, funny and good-natured. It's a freewheeling social-realist caper – unworldly and at times almost childlike.
- 80Total FilmTotal FilmFor all its bleak edges, The Angels’ Share warms like a sip of the good stuff.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe Angels’ Share is a rare upbeat Ken Loach comedy — and a wee dram of bliss. Set in Scotland, it has a blessedly funny overture.
- A few clumsy touches do not seriously diminish the charm of a film that is ultimately a heart-warming celebration of kindness, friendship and forgiveness. Like a fine whisky, the angry old man of British social realism seems to be mellowing with age. It suits him.
- 70VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinAn amiable comedy about young Glaswegian roughnecks discovering the world of whisky, The Angels’ Share finds helmer Ken Loach and long-term screenwriting partner Paul Laverty in better, breezier form than their rebarbative prior effort, “Route Irish.”
- 60EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanLike good whisky, Loach is mellowing and becoming subtler with age — though a swift chug still has a bit of a kick.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineKen Loach's breezy scribble about lowlife redemption and drunken buffoonery isn't so much heavy-handed as it is charmingly weightless.
- 42The PlaylistThe PlaylistSome good laughs and a passable air of bonhomie do nothing to cover up the fact that The Angels’ Share is totally lightweight and distractingly underdone.