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Raining praise

posted 15 years ago by WarpedRecord
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Almost all the posts on this board seem to be about people who know someone in the film or want to criticize others for misunderstanding the accents, but I would like to rain some praise on this excellently acted, grittily directed slice of life.

Bruce Jones and the rest of the cast are superb here, and Ken Loach directed this film as if it were a documentary. In many ways, it is. This film has a lot to say about working-class struggles and the important of values and faith. 9 stars out of 10.

Now you can get back to your petty name-dropping and quibbling over the daftness of Americans.

[–] Last_Entrance 13 years ago

I concur.

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[–] nrho 13 years ago

Me too. The entire time, you're saying to yourself, "Don't do it, man. Don't succumb." You get totally sucked into this one family's struggles.

[–] kolnoaMograbi 12 years ago

YES! Unforgettable film.

[–] kolnoaMograbi 12 years ago

Great film, no doubt, but values and faith? How about delayed gratification and taking responsibility? For instance, blowing what little income you have on cigarettes and beer? Being too proud to go for the low-cost communion options? To me this says distorted values.

[–] ibbi 12 years ago

For me to this day it remains Loach's best film. Just absolutely sucks you in to this world, and is such a multi-layered exploration of these peoples lives. Absolutely love it.

this one we call, "f_ck you HBO".
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[–] sirjeremy 12 years ago

It's enjoyable but I wish it'd been longer, something like 20 minutes. I feel some of the characters and sub-plots should have been fleshed out more, especially with Tracey, Tommy's character. But generally the film did have a ring of authenticity about it and the loansharks scene was particularly well done.

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[–] loumcp-650-223245 10 years ago

Yes, I loved it. I particularly loved Tommy; this poor, well-intentioned bloke down on his luck brought a great big lump to my throat.

[–] RedBeard628 10 years ago

I am an American and just finished this film. This was a great movie, and I had no problem understanding any of the dialogue in this film.

[–] ethansconn 9 years ago

Just watched it for the first time, really good portray of working-class struggle, being out of work myself I could relate to some of it, though I would have went with the second hand communion dress.