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By Rory O'connor (154) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 20 May 2016

It’s often warm and quite funny, but is, at heart, a damning critique of the Tory government in Britain and their belt-tightening austerity…

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By John Bleasdale (289) for CineVue (2,163) on 20 May 2016

Following the disappointing period dalliance of Jimmy's Hall, Ken Loach's latest I, Daniel Blake is something of a return to form…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 20 May 2016

The story is told with stark and fierce plainness: unadorned, unapologetic, even unevolved…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 20 May 2016

The film is anchored by incisive characterizations rich in integrity and heart, and by an urgent simplicity in its storytelling that's surprisingly…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 20 May 2016

It's a touching story that would seem altogether familiar if weren't also loaded with urgency…

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By Nikola Grozdanovic (99) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 May 2016

The biggest lesson to take away from I, Daniel Blake is how a movie doesn’t have to be psychologically complex or cinematically dazzling…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 20 May 2016

While it might not break new ground, there is no denying the potency of the film’s empathetic anguish and fury…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 20 May 2016

While it too often sands the complications off what you sense should feel like an uncomfortably splintery issue, in its best moments, it’s…

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By Geoff Andrew (550) for Sight and Sound (827) on 19 May 2016

I, Daniel Blake is as timely today as was Kes in the late 60s or Raining Stones in the 90s…

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By Talia Soghomonian (8) for Collider (1,032) on 18 May 2016

No one possesses the ability to depict the social issues and inequalities plaguing Great Britain quite like Ken Loach and his loyal co-writer…

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By Carlos F. Heredero (36) for Caimán Cuadernos de Cine (109) on 15 May 2016

The film compiles tragedies and over does it, it's scenes are predictable and it ends up retelling the hardships the characters have experimented,…

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By Àngel Quintana (30) for Caimán Cuadernos de Cine (109) on 15 May 2016

The story deffinately works on paper, but some elements just don't really translate well to the big screen. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Leonardo Garcia Tsao (41) for La Jornada (66) on 15 May 2016

Everything is very noble and the political correctness is added to the film sober correction…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 13 May 2016

[CANNES 2016] Dramatically understated, and yet precisely composed, the film breathes with authenticity and unaffected emotion…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 12 May 2016

At 80, though, the director hasn't lost his knack for telling stories about marginalised characters with wit, anger and humanity…

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By Jo-Anne Titmarsh (79) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 12 May 2016

Ken Loach returns to Cannes with a bleak, brilliant, unflinching and heartfelt take on a family under the dark cloud of austerity…

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By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 12 May 2016

A fierce and often funny polemic designed to leave a lump in your throat and a fire in your belly…

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By Patrick Smith (29) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 11 May 2016

While it too often sands the complications off what you sense should feel like an uncomfortably splintery issue, in its best moments, it's…

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