Review of I, Daniel Blake (2016) by Ayrton C — 20 Nov 2017

Superb, gritty and hard-hitting, I Daniel Blake is another masterpiece from director Ken Loach. It's a powerful and damning indictment of the unfairness of the British social security system and how poorly it can treat people in dire need.

Dave Jones as Daniel is such a lovely and well rounded character that it is heart-breaking to see how he is treated and the lengths he goes to to try to improve his lot and that of his friends and neighbours.

This is a man who rarely seems to let the crushing, oppressive injustices he faces defeat him so when he does begin to falter, the story is harder to bear. A moving film with a genuine social conscience this is an important story of an underclass that is too often overlooked in modern Britain.