Ken Loach Critics: http://www.timeout.com/film/news/1200/

Critics here regularly accuse Loach of being preachy, banging the political drum or, maybe worst of all, lacking subtlety. It's often said that while the man is to be respected, his films are rarely to be enjoyed. (The vitality and unexpected breadth of life in Loach's film are perhaps overlooked, from Robert Carlyle's romance with a Nicaraguan exile in 'Carla's Song' to the experience of Hispanic janitors in 'Bread and Roses'. His films can be funny too – Ricky Tomlinson is vintage in 'Riff-Raff'.) For his part, Loach is a vocal critic of the critics, and dismisses most of his detractors as right wing and preoccupied with style and technique over content, 'they're all Thatcherites at heart'.