I, Daniel Blake

Sundance Selects | Release Date: December 23, 2016

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 94 Ratings

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Rebecca31Feb 8, 2017

This might just be the kindest review of a movie that I didn't particularly like and that's because as a whole it's not a bad movie. Then again it's not exactly making the big dramatic statement it thinks it's making. It's well written withThis might just be the kindest review of a movie that I didn't particularly like and that's because as a whole it's not a bad movie. Then again it's not exactly making the big dramatic statement it thinks it's making. It's well written with good performances from the main cast. The supporting cast/extras on the other hand is a totally different story, seriously I don’t know what they blew the budget on but some of the acting in this was just awful. At about the half way mark it started to feel like an overly long, depressing soap opera. Recommended if you've nothing else to watch.… Expand

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AndyChaplinFeb 11, 2017

Very worthy - but it could have been so much better - the characters are too black and white, some of the situations they find themselves in are too twee, all of the stereotypes are levered in there somewhere and the dialogue is not clever.Very worthy - but it could have been so much better - the characters are too black and white, some of the situations they find themselves in are too twee, all of the stereotypes are levered in there somewhere and the dialogue is not clever. Make a documentary or use drama to accentuate emotions, situations and characters.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariDec 21, 2021

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1) Venturing into Kafkaesque territories, Loach loses incisiveness. The cogs of the bureaucracy do not preferentially crush the poor, they also oppress any other ordinary citizen. 2) There is a serious script hole that further(Mauro Lanari)
1) Venturing into Kafkaesque territories, Loach loses incisiveness. The cogs of the bureaucracy do not preferentially crush the poor, they also oppress any other ordinary citizen. 2) There is a serious script hole that further weakens the film: the cardiopathic protagonist no longer undergoes medical checkups, so it is impossible to attribute his lethal heart attack to a precise and unequivocal cause. 3) It is unsettling to see in a work by Loach the needy who, to a mutual, supportive and cooperative help, prefer self-isolation out of proud respect for their own dignity. Is unity no longer strength?… Expand

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