The Old Oak's reviews
Media reviews
Screen Daily
An intimate but ambitiously mounted ensemble piece, The Old Oak ranks among Loach\'s foremost state-of-the-nation dramas.
Indiewire
Although a lot of the film feels like a breathless box-ticking exercise designed to Include Every Pertinent Fact, the chemistry between Turner and Mari leads to a relationship rarely seen in cinema: a platonic friendship between an older man and a younger woman born of mutual respect.
Empire
A fitting ? and frustrating ? end to an extraordinary career. Ken Loach\'s powerful, poignant storytelling is occasionally stymied by his less subtle impulses.
The Hollywood Reporter
What Loach adds to this scenario, as he\'s done in most of his films, is a natural intimacy that goes beyond the issues to bring something human and emotional to the table. In its best moments, The Old Oak hits those powerful notes without pulling too hard on your heartstrings, with lived-in performances from a nonprofessional cast, including a few actors who were in the director\'s most recent movies.
The Telegraph
It\'s not enough for Loach and Laverty to have their hearts so reliably in the right place. The Old Oak is sluggishly predictable in plot, but also sharply unsatisfying at the end.