A down to earth story of working class people who have suffered badly due to unemployment, loss, and loosing homes, divorceetc., Without being told about Refugees coming to their part of the world, They don’t want them at first, but through kindness and hope and loss of their families who cannot go back to their country, the people understand how they have lost so much. A death of one of the people from Syria’s husband brings all the people together and unite the community. Another real story for the great Ken Loach.
Quite heartwarming and very relevant with the present antipathy towards immigration, but lacking some of that razor sharpness we have come to expect from recent Ken Loach films e.g I, Daniel Blake.
Apparently this is his last film, so we must thank him profoundly for tackling the problems of real people, when other directors shy away from them.
I guess I’ve been watching Ken Loach films and TV drama all my life and have never been disappointed. Always thought provoking and challenging of belief systems and always on the side of the silent majority.
It’s a drama that explores the complexity refugees face when living in the UK and how people end up treating them. Some nice and others not so nice. You’ll likely end up thinking about the messages it was try to convey for awhile after watching it. It’s not based on any specific people but it is based on Syrian refugees who arrived in the UK in 2015 after being persecuted by the Assad regime. I wouldn’t call this a feel-good film, there’s a lot of loss covered in the plot and some upsetting scenes in it such as with the dogs. It also isn’t for those who are tired of the constant political barrage we all receive from the media and just want a film to help them escape from it.
I don’t know if Ken Loach and Paul Laverty are still in business, but if they should now call it quits, they could hardly have done so on a highter note. Although not exactly a feel good movie, it combines a very well balanced mixture of some of the best and worst aspects of British provincial life, where a run-down ex mining town finds itself obliged to receive a number of Syrian refugees.. The resentment by a few and the empathy of the others makes for a poignant and moving story, brilliantly acted and directed. A real Loach tour de force.
Ken Loach is in sparkling form with this film. Wonderfully realistic and set in familiar scenes of the working class communities of post-Thatcherism, that he knows so well, this film is perfectly mounted.
Paul Laverty and Ken Loach are always spot-on and this little film hits the spot perfectly. They tell the truth, as it is, and this film shows us the way to be. Brilliant Two very special film-makers.
Of the 3 “Northern” films I think this is the best, which is saying something. T.J.’s speech at 1hr 35mins really hits the nail on the head. If this really turns out to be Ken’s last film then he is going out on top form.
The Tories are thriving on hate right now and Starmer’s Labour isn’t far behind. It’s all playing nicely into the hands of the EDL mobs and their mates in Reform UK. We need sane voices like Ken’s more than ever.
So, thank you Ken. For this film and all the others.
Ken Loach is a visionary. You might not think of it as an easy watch but it should be see which I already have at The London Film Festival and will see again when the dvd is in my hands. Like “I, Daniel Blake” it is incredibly moving a story of our times and I urge you to watch it.
Ken strikes again! Brilliant film reflects life today, very well written and performed.
Very true to life, unfortunately .at the beginning a sad reflection of the narrow minded few on our shore’s.
I as many others in the audience were in tears In many parts.
If you can overcome the , every day language, it’s well worth a watch.
Thoroughly recommend.
Interesting story of Syrian refugee families located to small Durham mining village. Tensions abound, some people are accepting of the arrivals, many aren’t. It has a realism to it and is a bleak take on today’s Britain with some shards of hope.
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A down to earth story of working class people who have suffered badly due to unemployment, loss, and loosing homes, divorceetc., Without being told about Refugees coming to their part of the world, They don’t want them at first, but through kindness and hope and loss of their families who cannot go back to their country, the people understand how they have lost so much. A death of one of the people from Syria’s husband brings all the people together and unite the community. Another real story for the great Ken Loach.
Apparently this is his last film, so we must thank him profoundly for tackling the problems of real people, when other directors shy away from them.
I guess I’ve been watching Ken Loach films and TV drama all my life and have never been disappointed. Always thought provoking and challenging of belief systems and always on the side of the silent majority.
Ken Loach is in sparkling form with this film. Wonderfully realistic and set in familiar scenes of the working class communities of post-Thatcherism, that he knows so well, this film is perfectly mounted.
Paul Laverty and Ken Loach are always spot-on and this little film hits the spot perfectly. They tell the truth, as it is, and this film shows us the way to be. Brilliant Two very special film-makers.
The Tories are thriving on hate right now and Starmer’s Labour isn’t far behind. It’s all playing nicely into the hands of the EDL mobs and their mates in Reform UK. We need sane voices like Ken’s more than ever.
So, thank you Ken. For this film and all the others.
Ken strikes again! Brilliant film reflects life today, very well written and performed.
Very true to life, unfortunately .at the beginning a sad reflection of the narrow minded few on our shore’s.
I as many others in the audience were in tears In many parts.
If you can overcome the , every day language, it’s well worth a watch.
Thoroughly recommend.
Interesting story of Syrian refugee families located to small Durham mining village. Tensions abound, some people are accepting of the arrivals, many aren’t. It has a realism to it and is a bleak take on today’s Britain with some shards of hope.