Working Man

This is a beautifully made film. The whole package is very well put together. Although its quite a simple tale of a factory closing and the impact on its workforce , particularly the main characters , it doesn't lead you to the rosy promised land and instead focuses on the characters personalities and life problems. Its main strength lies in its casting , with Peter Gerety putting in a superb performance , ably backed up by Talia Shire and Billy Browm. If you like human interest films it's well worth watching.

This is a gentle movie, about people, work and our minds. Nice for a rainy evening.

I am generally really hard on movies this is the first 10 star I have ever given, and I will tell you why. This movie touches on so many bases I will tell you what they are without giving any spoilers. Which is hard because I want to tell you my favorite parts but can't without ruining the story. This is a story about love, family, hard work, loss and kindness to your fellow man. I would add one more thing it had different races and even a transexual. None of this was to be P/C they were all in this because they were part of the story not forced in to just cover P/C bases. Proving what I have said all along you can have different races, genders and people who are of different sexual orientation if you write a good script in this case a great script. No one felt like they were put in this movie because they had to put them in there just to be P/C. They had two starring characters one white and one black and their race never came up why ? In reality not in P/C world if you make a friend of another race you don't see their race you see your friend. I am from a mixed family myself and I don't look at my family as a different race I see people I love. Let me be clear this movie isn't about race at all its about human beings and their stories. The fact that they wrote it this way and I thoroughly enjoy it Is sad and its happy its a roller coaster of emotions. I can't say anything else without giving up a part of the movie. I will just say this is a drama a well casted, a well written and a extremely well acting job by the whole cast I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Robert Jury's mesmerizing film, WORKING MAN, is a gut-wrenching and timely portrait of a factory worker, Allery Parkes, movingly and masterfully portrayed by Peter Gerety. The plastics factory where Allery works has shut down and his life is left without a sense of purpose. As his days pass slowly, Allery begins trudging back to the closed and empty plant trying to fill his void. His journey each day takes him toward what he has always sought - a sense of purpose and worth that comes from knowing that what you do matters in this world. During this pandemic which has left multiple unsettlingly voids in all our lives, Allery's odyssey intimately becomes our own journey to unearth what matters most and what truly gives purpose. WORKING MAN is a quietly unforgettable and searing personal experience.

Fantastic film with great message in the end. Couldn't ask anything more.