Review of I, Daniel Blake (2016) by Andrew F — 28 May 2017

The first 30 minutes frustrated me by feeling the need to throw the point down our throats and instead of allowing the natural stress of life shine through it felt the need to manipulate reality into its most moronic form, a little more subtlety would of gone a long way.

The rest of the film however picked up from there and flowed in a much better fashion. The acting is without doubt the stand out winner for this film giving it a very human feel. It displays how those with nothing are often the most willing to give, and how the enphasis on systems and efficiency in modern society is often at the expense of the people they are supposedly there to help.

Though the plot is not always elegant it's delivery is outstanding.