FILM
Oct 23, 2019
2 minutes
Reviews editor: Vanessa Baird
Words: Louise Gray and Malcolm Lewis
Sorry We Missed You
directed by Ken Loach, written by Paul Lavery 100 minutes
This is too rare a film – authentic, political, personal, and gut-wrenching – about Britain today. is a wake-up call about the shift in power from workers to company, showed the calculated severity of the so-called ‘benefits’ system. This new one shows us the traps of the ‘gig’ economy – a sugar-coated misnomer if there ever was one. Popstars do gigs. Self-employed delivery drivers don’t. Zero-hours careworkers don’t. They’re underpaid, and work long hours with little recognition. Loach’s film shows the impact on a hard-working, exhausted couple and their two school-age children.
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