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Stephen Holden, New York Times: Watching it is like receiving a hard slap in the face from someone who expects you to laugh it off, even though the sting lingers. Read more
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: [Mr. Loach] has gone and directed a comedy from a script by his longtime collaborator Paul Laverty, and it's so delightful that his fans will be clamoring for more. Read more
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club: It's the Glaswegian specificity that makes this contrived heist comedy mildly enjoyable. Read more
Tom Russo, Boston Globe: Charming enough to satisfy even the trenchant-commentary crowd. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: [Ken Loach] and his longtime screenwriter, Paul Laverty, find a good balance between drama and wacky character moments. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The film itself vaporizes before your eyes, but it's likable. Given its unstable mishmash of thuggery and whimsy, that's something of an achievement. Read more
Jordan Hoffman, Film.com: Just how is one supposed to react, in 2013, to a non-ironic use of the Proclaimers' "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" in a musical montage? Read more
Stephen Dalton, Hollywood Reporter: There is love, laughter and whisky galore in Ken Loach's unusually joyful comedy drama about delinquent Scottish youths defying the odds society has stacked against them. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: "The Angels' Share" leaves a warm glow. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Like the spirit it celebrates, "The Angel's Share" is a neat little jolt of pleasure - and guaranteed to leave you feeling just a mite warmer. Read more
Ella Taylor, NPR: Graphically observant about the ease with which young men starved of opportunities can turn their energies inward to destroying themselves and one another. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: While there's no ignoring the social ills that haunt Robbie's hopes, the movie's optimism serves as a cheeky, and surprisingly inspiring, retort. Read more
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: While a few farcical moments fizzle, it's mostly charming. Read more
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register: Modest in scale, expansive in emotions, this movie is a rarity: a contemporary tragicomedy. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: A lark, but it's a serious-minded lark, addressing issues of class and culture, the haves and have-nots. Read more
Steven Boone, Chicago Sun-Times: Loach's realism always carries a distinct sense of humor, volatility and, most alarmingly in this hypercapitalist new century, a socialist passion for The People. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: If you want to look for it, you'll find a layer of metaphor (the distilling process as a symbol of the characters' evolution) and social-realist commentary amid the gentle, life-affirming laughs. Read more
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A fairy tale with its feet firmly on the ground. Read more
Michael Posner, Globe and Mail: The result is a sometimes gritty, occasionally charming Highland hybrid, but the final balance feels slightly off-kilter. Read more
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Loach takes us through the mysteries of whisky making, exploring the subtle tastes and scents in ways that will have audiences wishing they had a dram at hand. But a glass also serves more symbolic purposes ... Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: Loach and Laverty never fully resolve the yin and yang: the blood and the banter. But it's still rewarding to see these filmmakers exploring a different ton. Read more
Eric Hynes, Time Out: Loach coaxes an endearingly poised performance out of nonprofessional Brannigan, and largely sells these scuffling characters as neither hopeless nor heroic-just terribly human. Read more
Leslie Felperin, Variety: An amiable comedy about young Glaswegian roughnecks discovering the world of whisky, "The Angels' Share" finds helmer Ken Loach and long-term screenwriting partner Paul Laverty in better, breezier form than their rebarbative prior effort, Read more
Calum Marsh, Village Voice: [Its] fleeting slapstick tendency wins out, regrettably diminishing the film's social consciousness in the process. Read more
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: Despite its ultimate sense of optimism, the Glasgow-set dramedy nevertheless carries a sense of foreboding. And yet, that might not have been the intention. Read more