My Name Is Joe (Mein Name ist Joe)

My Name Is Joe (Mein Name ist Joe) (1998)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 82% of users liked it
    (4,649 ratings)

Actor Peter Mullan won the 1998 Cannes Film Festival "Best Actor" award with this film, directed by Ken Loach (Carla's Song, Ladybird, Ladybird). The drama is set in Possilpark, one of Glasgow's poorest neighborhoods, a rough section where half the population is out of work. Unemployed reformed… More

R, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Ken Loach
Written By
Paul Laverty
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Feb 5, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Jun 15, 1999
Artisan Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Another great achievement from England's Ken Loach.

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Ken Loach at his best.

  • Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

    powerful and intensely moving

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Anthony L


    Ken Loach is one of the best directors in the world and Peter Mullan is one of the best actors in the world. This was always going to be great. An overlooked classic.

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