Very Cool!!!

That was an excellent one.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

What would a heist comedy look like if directed by a socialist and social-realist? Probably a bit like Ken Loach's "The Angels' Share".Released in 2012, "The Angels' Share" revolves around Robbie, a young Glaswegian caught in a seemingly inescapable cycle of violence, criminality, poverty and long-term unemployment. As the film opens, Robbie is being entered into a "community payback" scheme supervised by Harry (John Henshaw), a kindly whisky aficionado. One day, Harry takes Robbie to a rural distillery. Here he learns that a percentage of whisky evaporates during the maturing process, a process that is poetically named "the angels' share."The second half of Loach's film watches as Robbie stumbles upon a priceless casket of whiskey. Thanks to an elaborate heist, Robbie lifts several bottles of this whiskey and sells it on the black market for a large sum of money. This theft allows Robbie to skip town, escape his circumstances and build a better life for his young wife and newly born son."The Angels' Share" has been described by Loach as a "fable". As the film unfolds, Loach thus subtly injects a vein of incredulity or fantasy. Robbie becomes Loach's underclass underdog, "the angels' share" becomes an allusion to surplus value – in this case reclaimed by the exploited - and Harry the social worker becomes Robbie's angel, a kind-hearted man to whom Robbie donates a share of his loot. That the film's resolution is fantastical and contrived doesn't seem to matter to Loach. What matters to him is the righteousness of Robbie the robbers theft, a theft which most film-makers would have Robbie rejecting in favour of becoming a "mature", "reformed" and "upstanding citizen". But to Loach, even "rascals" like Robbie are deemed worthy of a share. More importantly, they have to take this share by force and deception."The Angels' Share" is political in other subtle ways. Loach's Scots are alienated even within their own homeland, inequality is widening, the lower-classes drink cheap beer and aren't privy to the fine booze their own motherland exports, and even stigmatized men like Robbie are seen to possess sophisticated palettes and keen business acumen. Elsewhere the "value" of the film's "whisky" is seen to be entirely arbitrary, dependent upon hype, hot air, market manipulation and old fashioned notions of supply and demand. "Share's" form and content are typical of late Loach; simple camera work, unfussy lighting and a plot packed with straight-forward, now non-threatening leftist-politics. Loach's working-class archetypes also haven't changed much since the 1960s, and female characters are still kept to the margins of his films. Audiences outside the United Kingdom are likely to find the film's accents incomprehensible.7.9/10 – Worth one viewing. See "Bread and Roses".

Set in contemporary Glasgow, THE ANGELS' SHARE does not shy away from portraying the squalid reality of many young peoples' lives. Robbie (Paul Brannigan) has to complete long hours of community service, together with his friends Rhino (William Ruane), Albert (Gary Maitland) and Mo (Jasmin Riggins), while having to cope with the perpetual threat of attack from long-time adversary Clancy (Scott Kyle). However Robbie's 'minder' Harry (John Henshaw), who supervises him on his community service, introduces Robbie to the intricacies of scotch whisky, and Robbie's life is transformed as a result. In an attempt to improve his life, he becomes involved in an elaborate plot to steal an exceptionally rare brand of Scotch from a Highland distillery. While Paul Laverty's screenplay does not shy away from the seamier sides of Glasgow life, it nonetheless suggests that people can be redeemed, so long as they are provided with moral as well as emotional support. Harry seems an unlikely figure in this respect, but his basic honesty stands out in a film full of shady characters. The four youngsters (Robbie and his friends) are totally convincing in their roles - so much so that we share their pleasure when their scheme eventually succeeds and they can look forward to a better life, however transient that might be.

Director Ken Loach is one of those directors which over and over shows us a part of the British society which most of us wouldn't know or understand if we weren't invited into by Loach or the likes of him, like Mike Leigh.In a strange way he draws us into stories we are really not that exited to see. I thought once again that I wouldn't bother to see this one. But I did, and I am glad I did.We're introduced to some characters on the poorer side of life in Scotland. They are petty criminals, of which some has had a troubled childhood. The start is from a court room, where we see some are sentenced to community service after doing different crimes. We meet up with young Robbie which want to change his life. He is to be a father, and just avoids prison. But he has a bad gang in his heels, and his girlfriend's father hates him because he's a nobody. His community service boss takes him an the others on cultural trips which gives hem cultural experiences and then to taste whiskey in a distillery. This sets off an idea, when they hear about the angel's share, which is the part of th whiskey which evaporates while the whiskey is under storage.Loach has found a good crew, and th newcomer Paul Brannigan is both charming and believable as thug who wants to change to better ways, but have troubles with getting away from his old environment. This film is very Scottish. I loved the way the Proclaimers' old hit song "500 miles" was incorporated into the film. it made th film immediately change into a feel-good film.This is both a realty drama and some kind of caper movie. It's exciting, and keeps interest the way through. It's also something for those who wants to lean more about whiskey.

My main conclusion after watching The Angels' Share is that Ken Loach is as good to make a comedy as a drama. The Angels' Share is a sweet comedy with social realism(as usual in Ken Loach movie) which shows how difficult it is to change your life but difficult doesn't mean impossible ! And when Robbie goes to see his newborn I just thought that even on the worst day, there is a possibility for joy ... I found this movie funny, pleasant and poignant in the same time. The acting is great even if there are no really known actors besides John Henshaw who already played in a Ken Loach movie ("Looking for Eric"). So I would recommend this movie to everyone.