Overview
A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
I had seen and enjoyed many of Ken Loach’s movies before I realized who he is and what he is about. This movie really has so much going for it: it is charming, moving and it carries a great message. While the veteran actors do a fantastic job, it is the actress that plays the young refugee that absolutely steals the movie and functions as its emotional centerpiece. Its a shame that the people that need to see movies like these will never see them. For some reason, people who are down on their luck do in fact blame the people below them.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews The Old Oak
Movie title: The Old Oak
Movie description: A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
Date published: 2025-02-15
Director(s): Ken Loach
Actor(s): Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson, Trevor Fox, Chris McGlade, Col Tait, Jordan Louis, Chrissie Robinson, Chris Gotts, Jen Patterson, Arthur Oxley, Joe Armstrong, Andy Dawson, Maxie Peters, Rosa Crowley-Bennett, Bobby Beldrum, Amna Al Ali, Yazan Al Shteiwi, Diyaa Al Khalid, Rahaf H, Neil Leiper, Micky McGregor, Rhys Mcgowan, Reuben Bainbridge, Jack Staples, Ruby Bratton, Michelle Bell, Alex White, Debbie Honeywood, Mandy Foster, Joanne Hague, Debbie Cook, Chris Braxton, Jake Jarratt, Ali Mohamed, Diala, Iman Awad Hamdan, Hasna Hassoun, Rabia Hassoun, Sabah Hassoun, Rana Ihsan, Ahmad Ihsan, Imad Kanaan, Jamal Al Khalaf, Islam Al Khalid, Khuloud Mohammad Al Ali Lana, Anas Mahmoud, Moamar Mahmoud, Yousef Al Masri, Hadiya Al Salih, Jamila Al Salih, Abdelkafi Al Shteiwi, Hanidi Aba Zied, Cath Armstrong, Val Barron, Sarah Bryson, Paul Dent, Chris Fallows, Steve Fergus, Josh Hulley, Gary Kitching, Rob Kirtley, Abigail Lawson, Kika Markham, Aidan Pearn, Stuart Ramsay, Heather Wood, Andrea Johnson, Lloyd Mullings, Laura Lee Daly
Genre: Drama
My Review
I had seen and enjoyed many of Ken Loach’s movies before I realized who he is and what he is about. This movie really has so much going for it: it is charming, moving and it carries a great message. While the veteran actors do a fantastic job, it is the actress that plays the young refugee that absolutely steals the movie and functions as its emotional centerpiece. Its a shame that the people that need to see movies like these will never see them. For some reason, people who are down on their luck do in fact blame the people below them.
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My Review - 7/10
7/10