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It's a Free World...

It's a Free World...

Drama · 2007

Working-class Angie, sacked from a recruitment agency for bad public behaviour, teams up with her flatmate to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate for work, the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times.

Movie details

It's a Free World...

2007 Drama 1h 36m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

Working-class Angie, sacked from a recruitment agency for bad public behaviour, teams up with her flatmate to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate for work, the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over It's a Free World...?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ken Loach

Written by

Paul Laverty

Kierston Wareing

Kierston Wareing

Angie

J

Juliet Ellis

Rose

Lesław Żurek

Lesław Żurek

Karol

C

Colin Caughlin

Geoff

J

Joe Siffleet

Jamie

Frank Gilhooley

Frank Gilhooley

Derek

D

Davoud Rastgou

Mahmoud

Court is in session

Put It's a Free World... on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.