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Not as good as other Ken Loach films

posted 13 years ago by chelseaal
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Very good, but falls short of other Loach masterpices like Kes and Looking for Eric.
I doubt Ken Loach will EVER surpass Kes.

[–] jh66 12 years ago

It's subjective?

[–] firstfossil 12 years ago

Better than quite a few other Loach films. More authentic than most, very touching performances all around. How can you not warm to Joe and his demons?

[–] pablo-taylor 12 years ago

His two 'historical epics' notwithstanding, there are generally two types of Loach films; slice of life human dramas (such as this, Kes and Riff Raff) and didactic soap box ones (Hidden Agenda, Bread and Roses, Ladybird Ladybird).

The former are nearly always superior IMO - Carla's Song is an interesting exception in that it starts out as one and ends up as the other.

[–] TheCineSinge 8 years ago

Except that Ladybird is one of his best films...