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I, Daniel Blake

2016 • 1h 40m •
Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 7.7/10
1,570 reviews
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I, Daniel Blake

A 59-year-old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a single mother and her two kids as they navigate the impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of humour, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional until the end.

"My name is Daniel Blake. I am a man, not a dog."

Top Billed Cast

Dave Johns
Dave Johns
Dan
Hayley Squires
Hayley Squires
Katie
Briana Shann
Briana Shann
Daisy
Dylan McKiernan
Dylan McKiernan
Dylan
Kate Rutter
Kate Rutter
Ann
Sharon Percy
Sharon Percy
Sheila
Kema Sikazwe
Kema Sikazwe
China
Magpie Richens
Magpie Richens
Piper

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R Reno Verified TMDB Critic
2017-04-14

**A reminder that the society is made up of all kinds of people and some of them need gentle assistance.**

There was an Oscar buzz for this. Many film experts thought it would sail through, but that did not happen. Now I saw it and I think it should have made into. If the priests' dirty secrets were recognised to condemn on such a big platform, then this film deserves as well. Because it reveals the cruelty against the economically weaker families and computer illiterate old men.

It is only this much short to be called a documentary film. I mean it was very realistic with cinematic dialo...