We went to the local flicks one night last week, to see the Ken Loach film The Angels’ Share. It won the Jury Prize at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It’s an enjoyable and funny film but if you’re sensitive about bad language then it might not be one you would want to view. It wouldn’t be authentic without the swear words though, given that it’s set in a rough part of Glasgow, where young men inevitably get involved in violence.
Robbie is a young, new father and he’s determined that he is going to mend his ways and be a good dad. A judge has sentenced Robbie to do community payback rather than sending him to jail. Harry, who is in charge of the community payback team, is a bit of a softy really and he takes Robbie under his wing and the rest of the team tag along too. Harry is a bit of a whisky connoisseur in his spare time and he takes them all on a distillery visit which gets Robbie in particular thinking about The Angels’ Share – which is what they call the 2% evaporation which takes place during the whisky making process.
There’s quite a lot of good Scottish scenery in this film but also the inevitable kilt jokes. I think there must be a law somewhere which says that if you’re going to have kilts then you must have ‘ what’s under them’ or rather ‘what’s not under them’ jokes. Anyway, there were quite a lot of laugh out loud moments and also a few yeuch moments. Have a look at the trailer to see if it takes your fancy!
That sounds like just the sort of thing I’d love! Thanks for sharing it, I hadn’t heard of it before. Hopefully it’ll come to Texas someday.
Karen,
If it doesn’t actually make it to Texas I’m sure it’ll be on Netflix sometime. I hope you enjoy it.
I think that looks like a film worth watching, Katrina! I love the bit in Edinburgh – What’s that up there? That’s Edinburgh Castle. What did they put it up there for? It’s as bad as the American who wondered why they built it so close to the railway line below!
Evee,
People do say the daftest things like that. I suppose it’ll eventually end up on TV sometime after the watershed!
Looks interesting, but I’m afraid I’d require subtitles for a bit of it anyway. Like when Craig Ferguson hosts James McAvoy or Gerard Butler on his show…uproariously funny but I can only understand about every third sentence.
Pearl, I think your ears would become attuned to the accent quickly because they don’t speak particularly fast, which is what most people can’t cope with. To make it more confusing the character Harry has a very strong northern English accent.