The Old Oak
Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: April 5, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
The IndependentClarisse LoughreyOct 23, 2023
Loach is so cohesive here, in accommodating the expansiveness of all these social ills, that characters have an unfortunate tendency to become mouthpieces. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeOct 4, 2023
The final message of hope is resolutely upbeat and desperately needed. Read full review
60
EmpireJohn NugentSep 26, 2023
A fitting — and frustrating — end to an extraordinary career. Ken Loach’s powerful, poignant storytelling is occasionally stymied by his less subtle impulses. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 27, 2023
Ebla Mari, the actor who plays Yara, makes Yara’s despair over her missing and possibly murdered father, and her agony at having had to abandon her country, incredibly layered and precise. Her performance doesn’t allow us to phone in our empathy. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMay 27, 2023
What Loach adds to this scenario, as he’s done in most of his films, is a natural intimacy that goes beyond the issues to bring something human and emotional to the table. In its best moments, The Old Oak hits those powerful notes without pulling too hard on your heartstrings, with lived-in performances from a nonprofessional cast, including a few actors who were in the director’s most recent movies. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonMay 2, 2024
It’s a fable that ties up too neatly to be believed, and it’s a story I’m tired of hearing. Read full review
40
Little White LiesMark AschOct 25, 2023
It’s a rosy, adoring view of pubs and clubs as explicitly, perfectly Marxist – a coal country – accented chorus rising in a single voice to inspire us all to a more perfect union. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 27, 2023
It’s not enough for Loach and Laverty to have their hearts so reliably in the right place. The Old Oak is sluggishly predictable in plot, but also sharply unsatisfying at the end. Read full review
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