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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Stream on Demand (168) on 14 Jun 2017

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 11 Jun 2017

The emotional wallop grows more zealous with almost every sequence, and Loach’s refusal to go easy on us is as stubborn as it was when he…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 08 Jun 2017

If you choose to see this one -- and it is well worth a look -- you might want to make plans to get some ice cream or something after to cheer you up…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 08 Jun 2017

It's another example of [Loach's] brand of keenly-observed social realism, with moments that are genuinely touching…

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By Filipe Freitas (61) for Film Threat (5,156) on 07 Jun 2017

I, Daniel Blake is a tragic, moving, not to mention infuriating portrait of a decaying society…

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By Laura Demarco (55) for Cleveland Plain Dealer (828) on 07 Jun 2017

I, Daniel Blake, is a film imbued with dignity, grace and great sadness -- as well as a bit of humor and a lot of anger…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Jun 2017

Writer-director Ken Loach has been making movies about the British working class since the mid-60s, and this masterful dramatic feature proves…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 07 Jun 2017

One of the best pictures of the year...for about an hour…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 07 Jun 2017

Johns makes it all bearable. Inviting, even…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 04 Jun 2017

Most political in its insistence that the smallest I matters, but as at his best, like his 1990s work…

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By Richard Von Busack (346) for MetroActive (325) on 01 Jun 2017

Loach's half-century long efforts in his many films about the working class haven't always succeeded, but he's always tried…

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By Anita Katz (182) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 01 Jun 2017

Loach has created a modest but moving film that triumphs as a social drama, a friendship tale, and a trip through the world of job centers…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 01 Jun 2017

a socially relevant and poignant character study about the losing battle of an average guy against a system that sure does seem to not care…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 01 Jun 2017

It's a film about the unsustainable condition of being poor and alive, which admittedly sounds like a grueling experience…

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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 01 Jun 2017

It's been a year since I, Daniel Blake won the prestigious Palme d'Or, and the neo-realist critique of the U.K.'s public-assistance bureaucracy…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 31 May 2017

I, Daniel Blake is about human value: disposable and abstract in one context; eternal, inviolable and sacred in another…

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By Blake Goble (229) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 30 May 2017

This is a kitchen-sink hymn for the indomitable spirit of the common man…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 30 May 2017

For the iconoclastic film director Ken Loach and his longtime screenwriting collaborator Paul Laverty, I, Daniel Blake represents their most…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 May 2017

Johns is terrific, the heart and soul of the movie, playing the kind of guy that’s the heart and soul of any industrialized country on the planet…

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By Chance Solem-Pfeifer (41) for Willamette Week (516) on 30 May 2017

You'd be hardpressed to find a more sobering portrayal of a losing streak taking over a life…

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