THE ANGELS’ SHARE World Cinema

Not many would look at Robbie and see a man worthy of redemption.  He’s constantly looking over his shoulder for a gang of thugs bent on settling a family grudge.  His girlfriend is about to give birth to their son out of wedlock.  Her father has offered him £5,000 to leave Glasgow – and he’s just been sentenced to 300 hours of community service.  Fortunately for Robbie, he’s about to meet Mike, the “big man” in charge of his sentence – a gentle soul with a taste for a wee dram. In distilling terms, THE ANGEL’S SHARE is the amount of whiskey lost annually to evaporation from sealed casks.  It takes a unique perspective to look at this obscure fact and see it as the inspiration for a heist movie, but that is exactly what British master Ken Loach has done in this rollicking and spirited comedic turn.