: The narrative explores how precarious work bleeds into family dynamics. Ricky and his wife Abbie (a home care worker) work 12 to 16 hour days, leaving their children, Seb and Liza Jane, to essentially raise themselves or act as emotional guardians for their exhausted parents.
: The film centers on Ricky, a delivery driver, who is told he is "working with" the company rather than "for" them. This rhetoric of "becoming your own boss" is used to mask the reality of zero-hour contracts , where workers have no safety net, no sick pay, and must absorb all financial risks, such as leasing their own equipment. Sorry We Missed You 2020
: A critical sub-theme is the historical shift from union-led labor to individualized, competitive work. Abbie's interactions with a former labor activist highlight the contrast between past worker solidarity and the modern environment where workers are pitted against each other for lucrative routes. Cinematic Techniques The Best Movies of the 2020s So Far : The narrative explores how precarious work bleeds