Poor Cow 1967

TIME Magazine: Despite its scruffy scene and downhill theme, Poor Cow is not really another of England's angry proletarian tragedies. The film tells its story with humanity that is never sentimental and humor that never jokes. Read more

Renata Adler, New York Times: An argument can certainly be made for sex in movies that try to approach seriously the problems of the young; and this one, which begins so frankly with maternity, seems to have become quite nervous about things physical right after the credits came on. Read more

Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: In the end, the few good moments (as when the girl tends bar, cares for her child and shares confidences with Terence Stamp) are lost in the mess of everything else. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Not a patch upon Loach's best work, largely because he falls into all the usual traps of kitchen sink realism. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Kenneth Loach uses an improvisatory technique in all this, and it largely works. Thesps were given the gist and trend of the dialog, and permitted to embroider it with their own words. Read more