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By Gary Shannon (53) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 01 Jan 2017

[In] trying to create his paean to the working man, Loach has stripped him of his three-dimensional humanity and replaced it with two-dimensional…

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By Alex Ramon (14) for PopMatters (2,617) on 30 Dec 2016

I, Daniel Blake undoubtedly has its heart in the right place; it's a shame that Loach and Laverty's good intentions haven't resulted, in the…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 29 Dec 2016

Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Loach is a master at capturing the day-to-day of British life, and this film, which won the coveted Palm D'Or award…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 28 Dec 2016

A hectoring political op-ed about The State Of Britain Today, but when you've been hectored by Loach, you've been hectored by the very best…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 28 Dec 2016

Equally heartwarming and heartbreaking. A testament to the humanism of writer/director Ken Loach…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 28 Dec 2016

While it lacks subtlety, the film captures the frustration of the working class, which is the filmmaker's hallmark, through a character that…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 26 Dec 2016

Nobility and dignity for the ordinary person are values Loach has always championed, and they are at the very heart of I, Daniel Blake…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 25 Dec 2016

Cinema has the power to open our eyes to the world's issues and offer a path forward if we're willing to take it…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 23 Dec 2016

I, Daniel Blake is an important story, perfect for today's world, Loach once again proving that, even at 80 years of age, he's not done telling…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 23 Dec 2016

Loach makes movies that are refreshingly honest in their approach and unflinching in their reaction to injustice…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Dec 2016

What makes the pain of this film bearable is Daniel’s unquenchable decency, courage and perseverance…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Dec 2016

When I, Daniel Blake regrettably piles it on at the end, it’s Loach growing weary of humanizing details and desperate to shake you up with…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 22 Dec 2016

Ken Loach's heartrending drama follows a widowed British carpenter struggling to keep an inhuman social services bureaucracy from turning him…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 22 Dec 2016

Some nightmares play out in ornate and stylized fashion, while others are categorized by a slow drip of disasters and frustrations…

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By June Thomas (8) for Slate (2,081) on 21 Dec 2016

When the system is rigged, trying to do the right thing wears a man down…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 21 Dec 2016

Award-winning film that will draw out your empathy for those coping with poverty and the bureaucracy of England's welfare system…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Dec 2016

The movie is plenty affecting when it sticks to credible, low-key difficulties faced with weary decency; there was no need to crank the pathos…

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By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 19 Dec 2016

It constantly hectors the viewer. But it never feels quite genuine…

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By Erica Abeel (109) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 19 Dec 2016

A scalding, perfectly wrought film about a man's struggle to assert his dignity in a bureaucratic system that's rigged to destroy it…

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By Luis Caviaro (6) for Espinof (390) on 29 Nov 2016

A film with protagonists that strive to extract tender moments and comical relief from day to day. [Full review in Spanish]…

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