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!