Angel's Share - A film by Ken Loach

[California Highlander]

Well, after reading about Angel's Share in the general media, then on XMarks, I was pretty excited to see it. Respected, interesting director, kilts, and whisky!

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Being in the states, it has not been available, and I've been waiting and waiting for a theatrical release, but I happened to notice it finally came up on Netflix for streaming, so I watched it on Thursday evening, kilted with a dram in hand. An excellent movie! The kilt scenes where fun and fit the plot, the overall story of an avenue to a better life was great. Well told, nicely acted.

My one quibble was the movie had subtitles that you couldn't turn off in the stream. While some of the dialog of the Glaswegians was challenging, none of it seemed to need subtitles, to my ear. Hopefully this was just a Netflix thing.

Overall, I recommend the film, but as noted in most reviews, there are some language and mature themes around lower-class violence. No Monarch of the Glen here!