anyone else walk out the cinema?

Loach lost it with ROUTE IRISH which is the cinema version of the Respect coalition's manifesto

Maybe Loach will redeem himself by doing a bio-pic on George Galloway where Dundee's least favourite son goes to the Middle East to praise fascist mass murderers like Assad Snr , Assad Jnr and Saddam . I'm not holding my breath

The job centre scenes were hilariously bad and completely detached from the reality. I'd like to know when Loach or the screenplay writer last signed on...

The job centre scenes were hilariously bad and completely detached from the reality. I'd like to know when Loach or the screenplay writer last signed on...

When did you last sign-on? I work as an Employment Advisor and the process of explaining the terms and conditions for receiving JSA are accurate - you are compelled to spend all day everyday actively looking for work and produce evidence of your activity. However, how this is policed has as much to do with the personality of the Advisor or culture of the Jobcentre you attend. Some centre's are relaxed and pay scant regard of what you have been doing, other thrill at every opportunity to slap a claimant down.
In a film drama that looks at the highly politically-charged Welfare System, Loach/Laverty have chosen to use extremes to highlight their point that, far from there being an inclusive system that considers the 'welfare' of all, is a system that serves only to confuse and humiliate and if you don't have access to IT or a Smart phone, you are further excluded.
More than 60% of my clients don't have access to computers, other than those at their local library, and even then, do not always have the where with all to use them fluently. The system is not a nice place to be, and all my clients would like to be out of it, but circumstance means they struggle to escape. It doesn't help when the tools of the benefit system are made more inaccessible; that Jobcentre's no longer support people to find work and are really Benefits' Police; and Right Wing propaganda has demonised the sick, disabled and poorly educated - none of which is necessarily the fault of the claimant - instead of looking at their social policies that caused most of these issues.
Please note that I know that there are those who exploit the system, but they are a minority.
There are some elements of cliche and extremism in the film, but I think these are used as a means to highlight the issues facing people who through no fault of their own, find themselves within an unforgiving system.

Madonna's Like a Virgin ... it's a metaphor ...

Not at the screening I went to. I made a donation at my local supermarket (and I don't do charity ) - so made kind of different to me.

The film isn't Oscar worthy and while the subject matter might be important the actual film itself lacks at times.

There are some incredibly moving scenes and then there are some scenes where the idea of subtext has gone out of the window and the film can't help but talk about the situation rather than depict it.

There's a divide between the subject matter and the the actual film making itself. The Scottish tramp who appears towards the end is embarrassing because it's less about creating a real moment and more about putting a political rant in a characters mouth.

I disagree, this is very much 'right up my street'.
The film was very powerful emotional drama.

You may have miss-judged me?
I rated 9/10.