The Angels' Share.

A bit more comic...Jasmin Riggins, Wiliam Ruane, Paul Brannigan and Gary Maitland.

Ken Loach is notable for not having the cheeriest of film topics, The Angels' Share is one of his more lighter offerings than previous films. It received the Cannes Jury Prize, a very prestigious award. Obviously Loach has been inspired by Ealing comedy, Whisky Galore! It's a innocent comedy caper about a young Glaswegian criminal named Robbie, played by newcomer Paul Brannigan. After narrowly avoiding a harsh jail sentence and with the birth of his son, Robbie forces himself to leave his lawbreaking life to focus on his girlfriend, Leonie, the most unconvincing character in the whole film played by Siobhan Reilly. His sentence is community pay-back so he gets to work with a bunch other wrongdoers - Rhino (William Ruane), Albert (Gary Maitland) and Mo (Jasmin Riggins.) Their supervisor is the kind-hearted Harry (John Henshaw) who has a passion for whisky. He takes the four to a distillery where a new life is shown. One of the biggest names in the film is Roger Allam who plays a whisky collector that happens to come across Robbie. Its very light-hearted and the characters are played very well. 




4/5