- Actors: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh, David McKay
- Directors: Ken Loach
- Writers: Paul Laverty
- Producers: Rebecca O'Brien, Ulrich Felsberg
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Film Four
- DVD Release Date: 29 April 2002
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004RCLG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,494 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Can we talk? Everybody is pretty well agreed that Great Britain's Ken Loach is one of our most important filmmakers. On the basis of his work with actors alone--often actors who are unknown until showcased in his films--he commands a place in the modern Pantheon. The problem is that he sounds terminally "worthy"; his films invariably reflect a commitment to framing harsh sociopolitical realities and steeping us in the fight for justice, a square deal or a square meal. They sound, in short, as if they're "good for you"--whereas the fact is that they are almost always damned good, period.
My Name Is Joe makes for an excellent introduction to Loach country--partly because it's just a tad more immediate in its basic viewer appeal. Joe Kavanagh (Peter Mullan), out-of-work Glasgow housepainter, is a terrifically attractive fellow, and though he is also a recovering alcoholic, he seems eminently pulled-together and ready for yeoman service as a movie leading man. The main story line concerns his encounter with and growing attraction to a smart social worker (Louise Goodall). There is nothing star-crossed about their potential love, but each is tough enough to set limits till they've travelled over a distance of mutual ground. Meanwhile, Joe's status as role model among his more emotionally and economically precarious neighbours--an extended family of man--is good for a surprising number of lusty laughs and one fatal, criminal complication that could jeopardise his future. Peter Mullan won a well-deserved Best Actor award at Cannes in 1998, and subsequently directed a family comedy-drama of his own, Orphans. --Richard T. Jameson, Amazon.com
Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Interviews
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menus
Scene Index
English
DVD 9
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital 5.1
Interviews
Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menus
Scene Index
English
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Another masterpiece by Ken Loach,
By A Customer
This review is from: My Name Is Joe [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
This gritty film by Ken Loach is Loach at his best, his excellent direction is matched superbly by Peter Mullan's acting as the lead in this story on Glaswegian life. The film deals with delicate issues of drugs and a crap football team, features central to Scottish lifestyle. If you want a film that gives you realism as you want and expect there is none better than Ken Loach and none better than "My name is joe". This is definitely one of the best British films of the last couple of years!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Some of us can't go to the police, some of us can't go to the bank for a loan ....Some of us don't have a choice".,
By GeekZilla "He's the strongest, he's the quick... (Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER)
This review is from: My Name Is Joe [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
The name Ken Loach is synonymous with films which have a realism unparalleled by any other major director.
This film is set in Scotland (council estates obviously, this IS a Ken Loach film!) and tells the story of a recovering alcoholic, Joe. I'd love to discuss some of the plot but I think I might give things away. This is a very personal journey and it would be unfair of me to spoil it. All I'll say is that Joe has had a dodgy past but finally finds his life in a stable condition. He is a sober, moral man who becomes involved in a situation which compromises his ethics - but feels he has no choice. This is perfectly acted, and feels so real that I was desperate to know the fate of the characters. Once the film finishes, those characters *still* seem real and maybe thats because to a large extent, they are. Loach manages yet again to capture the essence of real humanity, this doesn't feel rehearsed, this doesn't feel scripted (and much of it probably isn't), it doesn't even feel acted - this is a real corner of humanity.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant,
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This review is from: My Name Is Joe [DVD] [1998] (DVD)
A hard-hitting, sledge-hammer of a film with supeb acting. This film completely blew me away.
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