Sorry We Missed You is social conscious filmmaking at its finest. Its empathetic portrayal of the never-ending Sisyphean struggle the less fortunate must endure simply to survive make it a clarion call for change.

| Jul 24, 2023

Sorry We Missed You has that blunt urgency Loach often displays, but his actors are very good, and with this forensic job on the system, he has made his point.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 18, 2022

The film's plot is as depressive as its technical feats. Good acting in a movie so humanly dramatic that creates no connection at all. Full review in Spanish

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 8, 2022

A vibrant and emotional indictment about the consequences of the gig-economy within a middle class family. Loach directs like he's young and pissed off.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2021

Until the last half hour it's a smart, poignant film. Unfortunately, the ending falters. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 27, 2021

The film goes about its indictments through the close observation of a single family being undone by these nefarious practices.

| Sep 26, 2021

Strong, impactful script which hits hard, and has remarkable performances from the cast.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 5, 2021

Digs dig deep into a subject filmmakers usually ignore: the struggle to make an honest living.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 24, 2021

For a good time, avoid this movie. I avoided watching this movie until last night because I knew it was going to be depressing, and it is. It is also a good movie.

| Original Score: B | Feb 10, 2021

Sets a new standard for bleak, even for Loach. A powerful, tragic document of the dehumanizing effects of financial strain, it masterfully details how Ricky and Abbie's family disintegrate under the strain of simply trying to make ends meet.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 30, 2021

A riveting broadside against capitalist exploitation in which an ambitious man with a working wife is unable to break out of debt, try as he might.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 24, 2020

This is a vivid fictive depiction of how the "gig economy" increasingly asks more from low-end workers as it gives them less in return, and as such, it's an important movie.

| Oct 14, 2020

Sorry We Missed You is a compelling piece of work that gets by with honest storytelling, fantastic performances and its adherence to social realism that only Loach and Laverty can pull off. Just do not expect the film to be an easy watch.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 23, 2020

Everyone does a seamless job here, especially the family and the belligerent delivery boss...

| Sep 16, 2020

The clumsiness of the drama and its crude didacticism obscures the potential import and power of the film's politics.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2020

Sorry We Missed You is flawed yet vital, and we would all do well to listen to what Mr. Loach has to say.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2020

Everything that happens in the film feels ripped from reality and, as a result, it hits hard in a way that few films are able to manage.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 16, 2020

Sorry We Missed You is perfectly happy highlighting an uncomfortable reality in a very comfortable way.

| Original Score: 3 / 5 | Jul 28, 2020

The acting, screenwriting, and directing for Sorry We Missed You are top-notch, as the movie resists making the story into a hokey melodrama and instead realistically portrays the ebbs and flows of a family's struggles.

| Jul 15, 2020

Ken Loach is back on his socialist horse. Delicately unravelling the stress that austerity has on the normal working-class person.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2020