The Old Oak
Drama
7.199/10
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|en
|113 min
Release Date: 2023-09-29
Overview - A pub landlord in a previously thriving mining community struggles to hold onto his pub. Meanwhile, tensions rise in the town when Syrian refugees are placed in the empty houses in the community.
Production Companies
Sixteen FilmsWhy Not ProductionsBBC FilmLes Films du FleuveGoodfellasFrance 2 Cinéma
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
Set in a rapidly fading Northern English mining town, this tells the tale of an attempt to integrate some Syrian refugees fleeing the terror in their own country into a community that it still reeling from the systematic closure of their own livelihoods. Much of the story is based around the run-down "Old Oak" boozer which is run by the relatively open-minded "TJ" (Trevor Fox) who is pretty much a...
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Brent Marchant
7/10
A lack of familiarity can produce so many needless problems, especially when it involves individuals about whom we know little or nothing. That lack of understanding can consequently yield issues that plainly aren’t warranted and, more importantly, can be easily dispensed with by simply taking the time to find common ground. Such is the case in what is said to be the final film from legendary dire...
