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The Angels' Share

  • 2012
  • R
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
26K
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The Angels' Share (2012)
Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
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Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.

  • Director
    • Ken Loach
  • Writer
    • Paul Laverty
  • Stars
    • Paul Brannigan
    • John Henshaw
    • Roger Allam
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    26K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ken Loach
    • Writer
      • Paul Laverty
    • Stars
      • Paul Brannigan
      • John Henshaw
      • Roger Allam
    • 68User reviews
    • 135Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 10 nominations

    Videos2

    Theatrical Version
    Trailer 2:18
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    International Version
    Trailer 1:57
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    Photos89

    Ken Loach in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Paul Laverty and Ken Loach in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins, and Paul Brannigan in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jim Sweeney, Paul Brannigan, and Russell Anderson in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins, and Paul Brannigan in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Ken Loach in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Jasmin Riggins, and Paul Brannigan in The Angels' Share (2012)
    Ken Loach and Laura Morante at an event for The Angels' Share (2012)
    Siobhan Reilly and Jasmin Riggins at an event for The Angels' Share (2012)
    Ken Loach at an event for The Angels' Share (2012)
    Ken Loach, Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Siobhan Reilly, Jasmin Riggins, and Paul Brannigan at an event for The Angels' Share (2012)
    Paul Laverty, Ken Loach, Gary Maitland, William Ruane, Siobhan Reilly, Jasmin Riggins, and Paul Brannigan at an event for The Angels' Share (2012)

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    Paul Brannigan
    Paul Brannigan
    • Robbie
    John Henshaw
    John Henshaw
    • Harry
    Roger Allam
    Roger Allam
    • Thaddeus
    Gary Maitland
    • Albert
    Siobhan Reilly
    Siobhan Reilly
    • Leonie
    William Ruane
    William Ruane
    • Rhino
    Jasmin Riggins
    Jasmin Riggins
    • Mo
    • (as Jasmine Riggins)
    Scott Dymond
    • Willy
    Scott Kyle
    Scott Kyle
    • Clancy
    Neil Leiper
    Neil Leiper
    • Sniper
    James Casey
    James Casey
    • Dougie
    Caz Dunlop
    • Caz
    Gilbert Martin
    • Matt
    Stewart Preston
    • Sheriff
    Vincent Friell
    Vincent Friell
    • Procurator Fiscal
    Kirstin Murray
    • Defence Lawyer
    Nick Farr
    • Defence Lawyer
    Charles Jamieson
    • Defence Lawyer
    • Director
      • Ken Loach
    • Writer
      • Paul Laverty
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      First time actor Paul Brannigan was, like his character, a former prison inmate. He met Paul Laverty when the screenwriter was visiting various youth centers to get an idea of how young people in Scotland felt and spoke.
    • Goofs
      When Albert is sitting on Rhino's shoulder looking through the pub window you can see the cameraman's reflection in the window on the right of Albert. The cameraman's reflection becomes even more visible after Rhino puts Albert down.
    • Quotes

      Station Master: [over the speaker in the train station] This is God calling. Get off the fucking track, will you?

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema- and DVD versions have eight uses of the strongest profanity removed in order to obtain a 15 classification. The Blu-ray is uncut and rated 18.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2012 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Some Chords
      Performed by Deadmau5

      Licensed courtesy of Virgin Records Limited

      Written by Deadmau5 (as Joel Zimmerman)

      Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited

    User reviews68

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    Featured review
    7/10
    Growing up in tough working class Glasgow and then finding nirvana in Scotch Whisky
    The Angels' Share (2012)

    A deceptively simple movie that builds slowly and is mixture of outrageous fun and touching social commentary.

    The main young man, Robbie (Paul Brannigan), has been convicted of a violent crime and is trying to get his life together. His girlfriend is about to have his baby, his old rival is out to get him, and he can't get a job. He also has to do community service, which leads him to the main plot—a growing love of whiskey, a gift with his nose, and an eventual plot to steal some of the rarest of the liquid.

    It's this last part that dominates the second half of the movie, and it's fun, for sure, but also a little contrived compared to the first half which has a gritty realism to it. Brannigan, and all his supporting actors, is really good. If you don't know Scottish movies, be prepared for some major swearing by everyone. And the Netflix version of the movie has the subtitles on because the accent makes a lot of the movie hard to hear. (I think you'd be better off without them, however, and just get most of it without the distraction of reading.)

    You might be able to read into the serious parts of the movie and see a valid commentary about the strength of community service, and about the rough life on the streets of Glasgow. But this is more the hard nails backdrop to make the clever, and rather fun (almost joyous) secondary plot shine brighter. It works. The movie pulls it together seamlessly (maybe a hair too seamlessly by the end, as you'll see).

    So, yes, an enjoyable surprise.
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    3
    • secondtake
    • Feb 22, 2014

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 2012 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Доля янголів
    • Filming locations
      • Balblair Distillery, Edderton, Highland, Scotland, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Entertainment One
      • Sixteen Films
      • Why Not Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $346,669
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $18,837
      • Apr 14, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,090,471
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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