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My name is Joe


Directed by: Ken Loach (UK)
Country / Language: UK, Germany, France / English
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 105 minutes
Certification: USA: R
Awards: Cannes 98 : Prix d'Interprétation masculine for Peter Mullan


French title: "My name is Joe"
Release date: 14-10-98
Certification: forbidden to children under 12
My favorite magazine's opinion: Premiere - France: 2 out of 4
Box office (France only): November 98: not in the 20 first yet See the classement
Starring:
Peter Mullan .... Joe Kavanagh
Louise Goodall .... Sarah Downie
David McKay .... Liam
Anne-Marie Kennedy .... Sabine
David Hayman .... McGowan
Gary Lewis .... Shanks
Lorraine McIntosh .... Maggie
The plot:
Joe Kavanagh is an ex-alcoholic. He's unemployed and devotes all his time to the local football team, probably the worse football team ever... Anyway Joe is happy and he lives well until he meets Sarah Downie, a social assistant. He falls in love with her and he's ready to begin a real relationship but life can't be perfect in this poor district of Glasgow and Joe has to cope with drug and money problems to try to protect Sarah's happiness.
My comments:
At first, this movie begins like a typical english comedy such as "The Full Monty" or "Brassed Off" and the first 30 minutes of the movie are really funny, especially the scenes with the "West Germany" football team !! But little by little the social reality overwhelms love and happiness and the movie turns out to be really sad and dramatic. Ken Loach has done a very good job with this movie as he managed to draw a very realistic portrait of the hardness of life without being any melodramatic. I thought maybe some scenes, especially at the end, were a little bit long but on the whole, I think this movie is really worse being seen !!
My mark: (mark= 3 / 4)
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