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By Graham Fuller (154) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 01 Jul 2015

This companion piece to Loach’s 2006 drama “The Wind That Shakes the Barley” tenderly conveys the generosity of working people…

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By Vadim Rizov (155) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 01 Jul 2015

If this is, as he claims, indeed his last film (or at least last big narrative feature), he’s retiring with the courage of his convictions…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 01 Jul 2015

Loach never lets the good times get too good, so the tone never sways too far…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 01 Jul 2015

Jimmy’s Hall is one of [Loach's] clunkers: Footloose set in 1930s Ireland, basically, with jazz in lieu of Kenny Loggins…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 30 Jun 2015

An unexpectedly illuminated feature from Loach, who isolates a range of emotions and impulses that deepen characterization, making the battle…

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By Erica Abeel (109) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 30 Jun 2015

A lovely addition to Ken Loach's cinema of working-class heroes, this true story of Irish agitator James Gralton is intelligent, gorgeously…

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By Dan Schindel (235) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 30 Jun 2015

It's this year's Pride; a movie about social movements that you can take your conservative parents to…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 29 Jun 2015

As lovely as Jimmy’s Hall is, Paul Laverty’s script is not so much talky as speech-y…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 26 Jun 2015

Ken Loach's staging is so calm and sober that it turns his story into an expertly photographed yet weirdly remote rebellion tale…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 18 Jun 2015

The result is a smart and occasionally mirthful spit in the face of Catholic repression, with dancing, fighting and just enough political tragedy…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Racket (579) on 10 Jun 2015

there's a bright and touching sincerity running throughout that makes [its] wandering stodginess not matter so much…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for Critical Women (23) on 25 Apr 2015

There are inspiring socio-political episodes throughout Jimmy's Hall, as relevant today as back then…

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By Adam K (1,533) on 17 Feb 2015

Ken Loach has a thing for Ireland and the Irish and speaking as an Irish person he has made a very subtle but profound statement here…

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By Michael D (2,363) on 17 Feb 2015

Ken Loach has a thing for Ireland and the Irish and speaking as an Irish person he has made a very subtle but profound statement here…

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By Jj M (220) on 04 Jan 2015

High quality as always with Ken Loach. Loved it…

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By Kurt B (457) on 22 Dec 2014

Ken Loach returns to Ireland for third time and 'Jimmy's Hall' could act as a sequel of sorts to his 2007 film 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley…

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By David Stratton (799) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 26 Nov 2014

In a way this is Loach-lite; it's a decent, concerned film but perhaps a little too pat and a little too familiar, though it's beautifully made…

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By Louise Keller (804) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 23 Nov 2014

The peaceful Irish setting is a sharp contrast to the fiery passions that rage in Ken Loach's film about civil liberties and free speech…

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By Mayank A (426) on 19 Nov 2014

Ken Loach. Have seen many of his films, mostly touching, brilliant and beautiful to watch…

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By Kevin C (1,734) on 08 Aug 2014

â??Dissidence and countering the prevailing consciousness is a huge issue.â?? - Ken Loach, still one of my favourite British people…

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