I, Daniel Blake (2016)

A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, and is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario. (imdb)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Ken Loach
Written By: Paul Laverty
Starring: Kate Rutter, Dave Johns, Colin Coombs, Hayley Squires, Dylan McKiernan, Micky McGregor, Briana Shann, Natalie Ann Jamieson, Mick Laffey, Bryn Jones, Kema Sikazwe, John Sumner

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I, Daniel Blake belongs to 20 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by kozan26 - 214 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 154 stars)
3. Palme d'Or (public: moderated by mpowell - 72 stars)
4. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
5. Cannes 2016 Official Selection (public - 6 stars)
6. European Film Awards: Best Film (nominations) (public: moderated by Rubens - 5 stars)
7. Old directors (70+) (public: moderated by von krogh - 3 stars)
8. César Award for Best Foreign Film (public: moderated by juandr - 2 stars)
9. 89th Academy Reminder List (2016) (public: moderated by cowfrappe - 1 star)
10. British director (public: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
11. Filmekimi 2016 (public: moderated by Johnny Mo)
12. London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Film of the Year (public: moderated by Maaxwell)
13. Best by different standards (private: sesito71 - 3 stars)
14. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (private: PepeCamello - 2 stars)
15. 2016 Films to Watch (private: kendell - 1 star)
16. Curzon Ripon (private: mandy)
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20. NZIFF 2016 (private: adwilson)
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A movie about survival in changing times, and about the value of common courtesy and of helping one another. It is a movie that will make you feel sad, angry, possibly scared. Yet all of this is tinged with warmth and even a bit of humour. The superb writing, characterizations, acting and direction elevate it to becoming a highly moving experience.
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I like Ken Loach but I'm not sure how much this movie added to anything. It plays out exactly as you imagine from the description, though when it started getting tiring with the old man's experience (that's the point) it gets rejuvenated with the addition of the family. The ending was too dramatic and unnecessary. UK cities in films are always so bleak. Fav scene: it was telegraphed a mile away, but Dave Johns' absolute heartbreak over seeing Hayley Squires as an escort was tragically heartfelt.
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Good Time made the same point in its first 10 minutes. This is still pretty good though. Loach the king of weaponizing dry filmmaking to make his point
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Jul 07, 2020 | JPFerguson | 85 87% |
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Certainly one of the saddest films that I've seen - as the viewer you are overwhelmed with hopelessness - and a scathing critique of the social security benefits system in the UK. The term 'Kafkaesque' comes to mind, but that falls far short of describing the true heartlessness of the 'system'. The world needs more people like Daniel Blake.
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Given the very real nature of the issues the film grappled with, this story really tugged at the heartstrings. The pace, the vignettes of hardship, the relationships bringing out the character of the protaganist, all created a sense of depth to the story. At times perhaps feeling a little too pointed. The two scenes which impressed me were the single mother's breakdown in the food bank, and the end. The end was messy and abrupt, but true to life in that way. Snapshot into heartless bureaucracy.
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Loach has a knack at capturing hard life in the UK and it works wonders here as well. Important movie.
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A beautiful but punishing northern kitchen-sink drama which wrenches the heartstrings with its sympathetic titular character and his hopeless fight against circumstance and authorities. Great job by Dave Johns, he carried the film. Realism with an iota of poetic license - Loach delivers his typical formula again but its the clearest he has ever put his message across. Likely to be required viewing in social studies classes of the future.
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This is a hard hitting contemporary social drama film set in England. A sobering watch with good performances, I'd recommend this.
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The scene where Daniel Blake shits in a filing cabinet seemed out of place, but otherwise pretty heartfelt.
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